If At First You Don't Succeed...

"This is WFCY's Nights with Norm. I'm Norman Reilly and you're on the air!"

_"Hello, Norm."_

"Hi, caller! What's up?"

_"Have you ever murdered someone, Norm?"_

"Um... No, I can't say I have!"

_"It's not like the movies. See, in the movies when a woman kills a man it's kind of... sexy, you know? Like she's the seductive Black Widow and he's the unsuspecting mark. There's a sexuality to it."_

"Go ahead."

_"Well, I mean, it's over too quickly and the emotion is all wrong. Maybe I just didn't do it right."_

"You're telling me you murdered someone?"

_"Yes, Norm. About an hour ago in the park. Cute guy, walking his dog. Nothing like in the movies, though..."_

"I'm... I"m sure it wasn't..."

_"But I'm thinking, you know, maybe I just need practice, right? Maybe next time it'll be more sexy, like in the movies... What do you think, Norm?"_

"I don't think murder can be sexy. It's inhuman."

_"Is it? Don't know if I agree. Say, do you think people can tell when they're being watched, Norm?"_

"...."

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