Short Stories in 40 words or less (part 2)

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Rendezvous

I’ve always wanted to go to Paris in August.

I was once trapped in a lie, that lead me to the Eiffel Tower,

and although she never met me at the top, I gotta say the

view isn’t that great…pretty blurry.

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Ain’t That Some Shit

Billy and Lily broke the crib, as they argued over the color of Oliver’s room.

Bill ran to the kitchen, grabbed some ice — Oliver needed to be changed.

Febreze was necessary, Lily reached for the can

only to mask the scent of shit with orange spray paint.

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Lunch

The bus shelter, holds two fire ants deciding their honeymoon.

One argues lake, the other giant sandwich. After a long discussion,

the two part ways, citing that they both had taste for a different type of chicken.