I meet a girl at the bar and she tells me her house has a humidity problem

by Mícheál Ó Briain

And I say, oh baby let me build a data centre next to your house
Can I buy you a drink?
Yes, I reply
I’m making flirtatious eye contact all the time
We drink a cold beer together
The beer came from a fridge
The beer is in a brown glass bottle
The glass reflects the bar lights in an unusual muted way

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Mícheál Ó Briain is based in Antwerp. He is the author of Sad Sad Boy (Back Patio Press 2022). His work has been published widely in print and on the internet and has been translated into other languages. He tweets @mobrien222.

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