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Car Keys

November 2, 2017 8 Comments

Car Keys

By Alex Z. Salinas

“Where’re my car keys?” I’d searched my whole apartment.

“Where you left them,” roommate Teddy answered from the couch.

“Well, I need ’em in my hands,” I said.

“Wherever they are,” Teddy offered, “they’re exactly where they need to be.”

Looking at him in his Bob Marley t-shirt annoyed me.

“Look, I don’t have time for your pothead philosophies. You gonna help me find ’em?”

“There’s an order to things. We’re not to judge it, just accept it.”

“You’re an idiot.”

“Says the keyless man.”

“Who owns a car.”

“Without keys.”

I see a glimmer under Teddy’s annoying ass.

My keys!

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  1. David Silver says

    November 2, 2017 at 8:39 am

    Loved it.

    Reply
  2. Bobby Warner says

    November 2, 2017 at 3:18 pm

    Witty exchange. Good story.

    Reply
  3. Meghashri says

    November 2, 2017 at 9:52 pm

    Very nice!

    Reply
  4. Lauren Barnard says

    November 3, 2017 at 8:48 pm

    Love the dialogue and the addition of the Bob Marley t shirt. I’ve definitely lived with roommates like that!

    Reply
  5. Chioma Ezeigbo says

    November 4, 2017 at 5:14 am

    I really loved it.
    I had smiles on my face the whole time I was reading the story.

    Reply
  6. Tracy Gow says

    November 4, 2017 at 7:15 am

    Funny – enjoyed this one!

    Reply
  7. Liv says

    November 12, 2017 at 10:36 pm

    While saying out loud to myself….Where the ***** are my KEYZ????i was sitting on them!! !hehehehehe!

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  8. Liv says

    November 12, 2017 at 10:38 pm

    I was my OWN annoying ***!….hehe!

    Reply

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