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The Present

January 16, 2015 5 Comments

The Present by Warren Baker
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“Men communicate at their convenience,” Madeline’s mom told her, and mom knew about men. She married seven of them.

Madeline married once, and her Steve was a joker. He’d bypass meaningful conversation and move straight to a punch line. Always.

Ten years later the jokes stopped.

“I want you to be present when I talk to you,” she told him Christmas Eve. Predictably, Steve ran upstairs and rushed back down with a bow tied around his head.

He laughed and laughed.

So she put him under the tree.

And she laughed and laughed.

She also giggled when they dug him up.

By Warren Baker

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  1. Clay Fulghum says

    January 16, 2015 at 6:18 am

    Gruesome but it works!

    Reply
  2. Tony Press says

    January 16, 2015 at 8:17 am

    I agree – a good story and then pow! And justice prevails in the end.

    Reply
  3. Warren Baker says

    January 16, 2015 at 9:14 am

    Thank you both! I’m glad you enjoyed the story.

    Reply
  4. Cristine A. Gruber says

    January 19, 2015 at 10:33 pm

    Wow! That was good! 🙂

    Reply
  5. Lois says

    January 24, 2015 at 2:32 pm

    Eeeeheeeheeheee! This made me throw my head back and cackle. Deliciously wicked.

    Reply

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