“Hey, hey, hey, happy birthday!” <\/p>\n
I look down to see a quarter moon sliver thrust at my face, and it’s not even my birthday but that escapes my notice as the fingernail is so unexpected.<\/p>\n
And I take it, assuming the intent is that I throw it away. Of course.<\/p>\n
“No, no, no, wait! That’s my fingernail. Give it back!”<\/p>\n
He heats himself a slice of pizza and I ask, “What did you do with the fingernail?”<\/p>\n
“I put it in your pocket.”<\/p>\n
The thing is, I knew that it hadn’t lasted two seconds after being snatched away from the prospective trash can. “No, you didn’t. Where is it?”<\/p>\n
“I don’t remember.” He laughed at whatever he was watching on television.<\/p>\n
“Your pizza is ready,” I told him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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