It's Not Every Day A Fat Cat Brings You Flowers - Or, The True Story Of An American Patriot

    A.M. Homes          

*Please note that this surreal short story by A.M. Homes contains adult themes.  You have been warned!* 

All day he hears it in his head, rat-a-tat-tat, like a jackhammer, like tap dancers, like cobblers, like machine guns in the distance...

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