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The room my father kept

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Ben Dreyfuss
Aug 21, 2022
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photo of brown wooden panel doors with roof arc and red metal framed post sconce at daytime
Photo by Chris Barbalis on Unsplash

I once dated this girl years ago and I guess I made some joke about Jaws to her. She asked me to come with her to see it in theaters because it was the anniversary or some shit. I said “I don’t want to see that movie with you because I can’t help but watch it emotionally. I will paw at the screen and say ‘Dady, kill th…

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