How Do I Love Thee?
“@page { margin-bottom: 5.000000pt; margin-top: 5.000000pt; } KILLER SMILE ANITA BELL ‘I shall but love thee better after death’ A flash of light made me blink, and I heard one of the paramedics say something about my heart beating too slow.
‘Great,’ I mumbled, trying to grin.
It could have been worse. I should have been flatlining. Sprawled half naked on my kitchen floor, the first thing that came into focus, aside from the size of the schnoz on the cute medic, was the knife behind him, sti...cking out of the top of my muffin toaster.
If my chest hadn’t hurt so much I would have joked that I’d been testing a gag for my next cartoon strip. But truth is, I didn’t want to blurt anything to make them think that my neighbour had nearly killed me with his latest token of kindness.
I could still see the charred remains of his post-it-note stuck to the side of the toaster, signed with that adorable little smiley face he used lately so I knew the gift was from him—in this case, two English muffins prepared for me the night before so I’d have no excuse for skipping breakfast.MoreLess
‘Great,’ I mumbled, trying to grin.
It could have been worse. I should have been flatlining. Sprawled half naked on my kitchen floor, the first thing that came into focus, aside from the size of the schnoz on the cute medic, was the knife behind him, sti...cking out of the top of my muffin toaster.
If my chest hadn’t hurt so much I would have joked that I’d been testing a gag for my next cartoon strip. But truth is, I didn’t want to blurt anything to make them think that my neighbour had nearly killed me with his latest token of kindness.
I could still see the charred remains of his post-it-note stuck to the side of the toaster, signed with that adorable little smiley face he used lately so I knew the gift was from him—in this case, two English muffins prepared for me the night before so I’d have no excuse for skipping breakfast.MoreLess
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