cutting_corners
raze
"
it's
kind
of
peaceful
right
now
,"
i
said
.
stephanie's
psychotic
terror
of
a
terrier
wasn't
barking
.
her
husband
had
stopped
making
some
of
the
most
awful
sounds
i've
ever
heard
while
trying
and
failing
to
build
a
deck
that
resembles
a
cancerous
growth
jutting
out
of
the
enclosed
porch
they
still
haven't
finished
putting
back
together
.
the
kids
that
live
behind
us
were
quiet
,
when
on
a
day
like
this
they're
usually
screaming
loud
enough
that
we
can
hear
them
in
every
room
of
our
house
.
"
that's
because
we're
dead
,"
he
said
. "
and
in
heaven
,
you
don't
have
to
pay
any
rent
.
there's
just
one
problem
."
"
what's
that
?"
"
the
only
toilet_paper
is
one
ply. god's
been
cutting corners
again
."
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