My Smile is Warm and Genuine and I Am Not Crazy

I am an expert smiler.

Joey McKeown
Aug 23, 2017 · 1 min read

Hey, how you doing? my smile says. Life is grand. Isn’t everything wonderful? Don’t you feel spectacular?

This is still my smile talking.

That suit looks good on you. Yeah, it does. Okay, get out of my way. I have to get my newspaper. I’m going to do the crossword. I hope it will help me not get dementia or Alzheimer’s. I really don’t want that, you know? It’s not fun. Not fun at all. Okay, I’m going to do my crossword. I’m going to sit in a park and do this crossword and take care of my brain. You have a great day now.

My smile is very talkative sometimes. That’s just the way it is.

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Joey McKeown

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Dark humorist. Fiction + satire.

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