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“Just pour some water on his head,” I said to the waitress. “I can’t do that. What if he wakes up and freaks out all covered in water?” “Well, I don’t think he will.” He hadn’t moved Since we’d been there. He was old, old. Old people might go to Denny’s drunk and fall asleep, but old, old people? They almost never do that. “I don’t know,” I said. “He might be dead. What do you think, Is the man dead?” “I think so,” she said The ambulance came, and they took him away. He was wearing this shirt, and it had a dead duck in a dog’s mouth. My dad dresses like that, too, in Spalding tennis shoes, and jean shorts. Was he someone’s dad? How will they find out that their dead dead dad came to Denny’s to die? Or will they just call around looking for their dad when they get worried about why he won’t answer the phone? How far will they have to drive, all teary-eyed (or not) to see their dead dad’s old, old dead body? Will they ever go to a Denny’s again? I think that they will. Everyone goes to a Denny’s again, except for him.
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Oct 31, 2015
Oct 31, 2015 at 10:08 AM UTC
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“Just pour some water on his head,” I said to the waitress. “I can’t do that. What if he wakes up and freaks out all covered in water?” “Well, I don’t think he will.” He hadn’t moved Since we’d been there. He was old, old. Old people might go to Denny’s drunk and fall asleep, but old, old people? They almost never do that. “I don’t know,” I said. “He might be dead. What do you think, Is the man dead?” “I think so,” she said The ambulance came, and they took him away. He was wearing this shirt, and it had a dead duck in a dog’s mouth. My dad dresses like that, too, in Spalding tennis shoes, and jean shorts. Was he someone’s dad? How will they find out that their dead dead dad came to Denny’s to die? Or will they just call around looking for their dad when they get worried about why he won’t answer the phone? How far will they have to drive, all teary-eyed (or not) to see their dead dad’s old, old dead body? Will they ever go to a Denny’s again? I think that they will. Everyone goes to a Denny’s again, except for him.
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Oct 31, 2015
Oct 31, 2015 at 10:08 AM UTC
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