Simon Rich

Fair Game
The World

Here’s another piece from our friend Simon Rich. Simon is the author of a collection of comedic vignettes called Ant Farm, which debuted last year. He also used to head the Harvard Lampoon and currently writes for Saturday Night Live. The following piece takes place, as Simon’s so often do, between God and an angel.

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