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The Typo He Wore Forever

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Daniel never wanted a tattoo in the fourteen years I knew him. He thought they were impulsive, the kind of thing other people regretted at forty. So when he came home one Thursday with cling film taped over his left forearm and a sheepish grin, I laughed before I even saw it.

"Midlife crisis," he said, peeling back the plastic at the kitchen table. "Sue me."

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