{"id":12286,"date":"2022-09-06T14:42:20","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T13:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themanchesterreview.co.uk\/?p=12286"},"modified":"2024-11-26T20:25:45","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T19:25:45","slug":"gas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themanchesterreview.co.uk\/?p=12286","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Gas<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Gas<\/h2>\n<p>The Friday he has your money by<br \/>\ndoesn\u2019t come. \u2018The reports are the reports,\u2019<br \/>\nhe says, not answering the phone.<br \/>\nHe\u2019s a match and every room he enters<\/p>\n<p>has been filling steadily with gas.<br \/>\nThe anniversary passes like a kidney stone<br \/>\nwhich gives him another good idea.<br \/>\nThe best he\u2019s had for a while. But<\/p>\n<p>enemies, they\u2019re clogging up his letterbox<br \/>\nand the names on the packages aren\u2019t his.<br \/>\n\u2018Lighting strikes twice, but only if you\u2019re standing<br \/>\nin the same spot.\u2019 He actually said that once.<\/p>\n<p>Beneath each of his eyes grows a small plum.<br \/>\nHe thinks everyone everywhere<br \/>\nis having sex <em>and actually enjoying it<\/em>.<br \/>\nThat\u2019s what really really winds him up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gas The Friday he has your money by doesn\u2019t come. \u2018The reports are the reports,\u2019 he says, not answering the phone. He\u2019s a match and every room he enters has been filling steadily with gas. The anniversary passes like a kidney stone which gives him another good idea. The best he\u2019s had for a while. 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