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Coffee in the Can

James Anthony Anuskiewicz
M. Stanley Bubien

"Hi!" I greeted the cook enthusiastically, "Coffee, please---decaf!"

He shoved a mug toward me and grumbled, "Been watching your caffeine long?"

"Oh," I grinned, inhaling the sweet aroma. "Since the massacre."

Copyright ©1997 James Anthony Anuskiewicz and M. Stanley Bubien All Rights Reserved.

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August, 1997
Issue #16

32 Words

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