The Paris Review

David Kirby

MY GIRLFRIEND KILLED JAMES BROWN

Guy walks up to me in the park and says, “My girlfriend killedJames Brown,” and I start to say, “Do I know you?” butI don’t want to miss out on the story, so I say, “No lie!” and he says,“Yeah, I got bumped up to first class, and when I saw whomy seatmate was, I went back to economy and told my girlfriend,and even though she had the flu, we switch places, and

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