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1 | |||
2 | he | ||
3 | was | ||
4 | born | ||
5 | on | ||
6 | a | ||
7 | few | ||
8 | separate | ||
9 | occasions | ||
10 | green | ||
11 | traffic | ||
12 | lights | ||
13 | at | ||
14 | night | ||
15 | there | ||
16 | was | ||
17 | the | ||
18 | day | ||
19 | of | ||
20 | his | ||
21 | conception | ||
22 | a | ||
23 | wintery | ||
24 | affair | ||
25 | saved | ||
26 | for | ||
27 | those | ||
28 | involved | ||
29 | a | ||
30 | tv | ||
31 | in | ||
32 | front | ||
33 | of | ||
34 | a | ||
35 | dumpster | ||
36 | the | ||
37 | day | ||
38 | he | ||
39 | wriggled | ||
40 | forth | ||
41 | from | ||
42 | the | ||
43 | dark | ||
44 | tunnel | ||
45 | of | ||
46 | nothing | ||
47 | his | ||
48 | mother's | ||
49 | womb | ||
50 | surprise | ||
51 | photo | ||
52 | of | ||
53 | you | ||
54 | at | ||
55 | walgreen's | ||
56 | the | ||
57 | founding | ||
58 | of | ||
59 | his | ||
60 | little | ||
61 | city | ||
62 | deep | ||
63 | inside | ||
64 | by | ||
65 | the | ||
66 | small | ||
67 | builders | ||
68 | alien | ||
69 | as | ||
70 | they | ||
71 | were | ||
72 | and | ||
73 | still | ||
74 | somehow | ||
75 | intimately | ||
76 | familiar | ||
77 | a | ||
78 | pink | ||
79 | dress | ||
80 | in | ||
81 | the | ||
82 | alley | ||
83 | behind | ||
84 | your | ||
85 | house | ||
86 | like | ||
87 | any | ||
88 | city | ||
89 | it | ||
90 | had | ||
91 | its | ||
92 | ups | ||
93 | and | ||
94 | downs | ||
95 | the | ||
96 | fever | ||
97 | of | ||
98 | 1994 | ||
99 | was | ||
100 | especially | ||
101 | devastating | ||
102 | but | ||
103 | they | ||
104 | were | ||
105 | a | ||
106 | hardy | ||
107 | folk | ||
108 | not | ||
109 | much | ||
110 | given | ||
111 | to | ||
112 | flight | ||
113 | me | ||
114 | buying | ||
115 | a | ||
116 | reese's | ||
117 | peanut | ||
118 | butter | ||
119 | cup | ||
120 | for | ||
121 | a | ||
122 | child | ||
123 | whose | ||
124 | family | ||
125 | could | ||
126 | not | ||
127 | afford | ||
128 | it | ||
129 | in | ||
130 | front | ||
131 | of | ||
132 | me | ||
133 | in | ||
134 | line | ||
135 | at | ||
136 | safeway | ||
137 | as | ||
138 | all | ||
139 | things | ||
140 | must | ||
141 | pass | ||
142 | the | ||
143 | little | ||
144 | city | ||
145 | began | ||
146 | slowly | ||
147 | to | ||
148 | decay | ||
149 | the | ||
150 | old | ||
151 | ones | ||
152 | claimed | ||
153 | the | ||
154 | young | ||
155 | had | ||
156 | no | ||
157 | respect | ||
158 | for | ||
159 | culture | ||
160 | anymore | ||
161 | trees | ||
162 | at | ||
163 | night | ||
164 | their | ||
165 | skeletons | ||
166 | revealed | ||
167 | by | ||
168 | a | ||
169 | camera | ||
170 | flash | ||
171 | they | ||
172 | began | ||
173 | to | ||
174 | die | ||
175 | off | ||
176 | slowly | ||
177 | more | ||
178 | quickly | ||
179 | than | ||
180 | being | ||
181 | born | ||
182 | the | ||
183 | end | ||
184 | was | ||
185 | coming | ||
186 | closer | ||
187 | two | ||
188 | earthworms | ||
189 | on | ||
190 | pavement | ||
191 | after | ||
192 | a | ||
193 | rain | ||
194 | as | ||
195 | the | ||
196 | last | ||
197 | breath | ||
198 | was | ||
199 | made | ||
200 | the | ||
201 | last | ||
202 | accounts | ||
203 | closed | ||
204 | in | ||
205 | the | ||
206 | city | ||
207 | keys | ||
208 | tacked | ||
209 | to | ||
210 | a | ||
211 | sign | ||
212 | in | ||
213 | buffalo | ||
214 | park | ||
215 | it | ||
216 | was | ||
217 | given | ||
218 | over | ||
219 | to | ||
220 | other | ||
221 | builders | ||
222 | man | ||
223 | flipping | ||
224 | a | ||
225 | four-wheeler | ||
226 | and | ||
227 | walking | ||
228 | it | ||
229 | off | ||