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Crime Blotter #1
Thirty-Four Times

Jenene Ravesloot

When she woke me up, she was screaming, Find the title to the car, damn it. We began to argue. They say I must have stabbed her thirty-four times before they broke down the door. I don’t remember. Thirty-four times?—I’ll take their word for it. Me, I can’t remember a thing, except those screams, and the sound of an airplane flying overhead when the cops broke down the door. I told them, explaining, “After her screams woke me up, we began to argue.” I just wanted to shut her up before the cops broke down the door. “Shut up” I said. She wouldn’t listen. She never listened. “Shut up. Shut up” I said over and over. I do remember it, the sound of an airplane when the cops broke down the door. We had been arguing. I don’t remember stabbing her thirty-four times. Find the title to the car, damn it, she was screaming. I just wanted to shut her up. Thirty-four times? I don’t remember.

 

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