Twelve

“TWELVE!” she screamed, compelling him to run upstairs.

“Twelve what?” he panted through the doorway.

She turned, brandishing her deodorant.

“Twelve turns to get it working, brand new.”

“That’s it?” he asked.

“It’s a big deal,” she answered.

“I have finally answered the question, ‘What is wrong with this world?’”

Emmy-award-winner Amy Bass is a writer, Manhattanville College professor, and sport thinker. amybass.net