[the Writing of Kuypers]
once i was sitting in the living room,
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squid
i just got home from school, and i
said i need to go wash my hands. so i
walked upstairs, went over to the
kitchen sink. mom, sitting in the living
room, didn’t mention that the sink
was half-full of raw squid for her dinner.
I shriek. mom laughs.
“are their beady little eyes looking
up at you?” she asked.
the little devil. i’m upstairs, in the
kitchen, shrieking, and she’s laughing.
it is kind of funny, looking back.
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