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The Mystery of the Mens’ Key

Philippe Berard
10 min readNov 11, 2019

The morning was quite propitious. The rain clouds cleared quickly on that April morning. I decided to go for a walk. The library building was at the corner and invited me for a visit. I went in. A few patrons were sitting here and there. After having checked out my favorite books I wanted to use the men’s restrooms. I checked the desk of the librarian but could not find the men’s restroom key.

I kept looking everywhere and still could not find the men’s restroom key. So I addressed the librarian in no uncertain terms.

“ Gill, for God’s sake, can you tell me where I can find the men’s restroom key? “

“I don’t know my dear Henry, “ Gill answered graciously.

I have been a loyal and generous patron of the library for a long time. I imagine my contribution would at least allow me to be able to use the men’s restroom.

“Well, my dear Gill, I need to go so please let’s find that damn key, “ I said.

So Gill and I went and inspected every little corner of the library to no avail and after half an hour of a desperate and frantic search, we just abandoned and I would have just peed my pants. No, for God’s sake, I just placed myself in a cathartic stage, an abnegation of reality, the denial of a fundamental urge, and forgot about my own nature. Finally I went to the pub next door…

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Philippe Berard
Philippe Berard

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