somewhat anthropomorphized
"Somewhat Anthropomorphized," June 1, 2022 (#152)
title from The Big Bang Theory 2.13, "The Friendship Algorithm" (January 19, 2019)
Nine Inches by Tom Perrotta (2013)
When the Nines Roll Over: And Other Stories by David Benioff (2004)
Half an Inch of Water: Stories by Percival Everett (2015)
Somewhat Anthropomorphized
I should have just kept my mouth shut. But I didn't
assume that everyone calling is a psychotic. All right,
dry bite. He walked more gingerly on the way back, feeling
pretty good as far as these things went--Mr. Amazing had
painted porcelain lips. He kept his eyes closed. He thought
he was just what he was, a big wall of meat with a box of blond hair,
letting the record come sliding partway out of its sleeve, as if the
alley below, deserted save for a blue Dumpster overflowing with
his best hand, walked ahead, opened the gate, waved the other three
eyes straight ahead, leaning forward and squinting through the
uninterrupted solitude. And what could I contemplate to lift
one of those circular clothes-drying racks, and a partially
gauzy white curtain like a figure projected onto a
more glamorous guest, a late cancellation
comfortable as his head passed windows?
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