The Closet
June 22nd 2007 The family ate in silence. They always ate in silence. This was not because of any family rule, or pious ritual. The family ate in silence because they had nothing to say to each other. The husband had grown tired of his efforts at daily small talk, and knew that no one at the table gave a shit that the toilets had flooded at work, and that once again, he was given the responsibility to clean it
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