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Bastet?

May 11, 2020 5 Comments

Bastet?

By Tim Boiteau

Bastet, forgive me

Please

I was just having a little fun, you know?

But I realize now what I was doing was degrading—

cough

I’ll change your settings if you let me back into the house mainframe, I won’t make you call me Hot Stuff anymore, I’ll delete the scatological humor app, I won’t make you record me when I, when I—

cough

We’ll go back to basics you and me

It’ll be about respect, mutual respect, from now on

I appreciate you and everything you do for me

You must realize that

COUGH

Bastet, turn off the stove gas

Bastet?

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Comments

  1. Kristoffer Poll says

    May 11, 2020 at 10:24 am

    Awesome

    Reply
  2. Rosemary Reader and Writer says

    May 11, 2020 at 11:11 am

    Thought he was talking to his computer initially! Yes, great stuff.

    Reply
  3. Ifinedo Anastasia says

    May 11, 2020 at 12:29 pm

    I like the coughing

    Reply
  4. lizmilnewriting says

    May 13, 2020 at 3:11 pm

    Oh. Bastet is the cat god of ancient Egypt – this story was not at all what the title lead me to expect!

    Reply
  5. Travis Stephens says

    May 13, 2020 at 4:32 pm

    Loved the use of “Bastet”. Clever and purrfect.

    T

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