The Neighbor

by on 02/06/10 at 7:06 am

by Andrew Oberg
1,000 words
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“Mother fucking asshole! Braawk, mother fucking asshole!” Randolph sighed as he closed his apartment door behind him and took off his coat and boots. ‘What a welcome home,’ he thought, regretting yet again having taught his parrot to speak while he was drunk.

“Hey Stan,” Randolph replied, setting down his backpack and stepping into his living room. He walked over to where his parrot’s cage was, between his dining table and couch, and gazed wistfully behind it and up through his half window at the snow piled outside, wondering how the floors above ground level saw the same sight. “Braawk, fuck you!” his parrot’s continued chirping brought Randolph back to the present and he looked at his pet, muttering, “Stan, man, we need to work on your vocabulary.” .....

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