Short-a-Day: Saïd Sayafiezadeh's "Paranoia"
Originally published in The New Yorker, Feb. 28, 2011. Personal enjoyment rating (out of 100): 93. "Why aren't you eating?" he asked."I saw a fly land on it," I admitted.With irritation he said, "You are opulent," and he took the sandwich from me and bit into it, a huge, obvious bite, so that I could see the food in his mouth. "And I am indigent." Which was true. I'd had a DVD player for ten years.How silly all…