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◊; Copyright 2003 by Joel Dueck. All Rights Reserved.
◊define-meta[published "2003-12-20" series "marquee-fiction"]
◊define-meta[keywords "Good Night Irene!short fiction, marquee fiction, peeling wallpaper, cold soup, unconsciousness, entropy"]
Roger arrived home to find the wallpaper peeling off the top of his kitchen wall,
a startling example of the law of entropy. “More glue,” he thought grimly, as he tripped on the
threshold. When he came to, it was dark outside, & his soup was quite cold.