The Plumber

A very short story

Matthew J. Dolezal
Nov 7 · 2 min read

It was a Thursday in February and Jerry was off work with a sinus infection.

“In other news, U.S. coalition forces killed three suspected…”

The anchor droned on about depressing current events while Jerry stared at his phone, passively listening to the TV blaring at the other end of the room. Suddenly, the racket generated by the television was replaced by the…

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Matthew J. Dolezal

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A working-class wordsmith in Austin, TX. My political commentary has been published by The Hampton Institute and Progressive Army.

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