Life Insurance
man enters his home and finds no one there. In the kitchen, a
large, wild dog springs out of the linen closet, sails past the man, landing
on the tattered couch. The man removes all of his clothing and sits on
the opposite side of the couch. The TV comes on by itself, and shows
pictures of a miracle being witnessed by blind children in Spain. The
dog cries. The man scratches his private parts and stares out the kitchen
window at the large, dead tree. The phone rings. The answering
machine picks it up. �Hello,� the voice says. �Are you interested in life
insurance?� The naked man makes himself a bowl of cereal for dinner,
then throws the phone through the kitchen window to the startled
pigeons. The dog goes back to the linen closet.
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