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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 | couldn't | ||
126 | afford | ||
127 | it | ||
128 | in | ||
129 | front | ||
130 | of | ||
131 | me | ||
132 | in | ||
133 | line | ||
134 | at | ||
135 | safeway | ||
136 | as | ||
137 | all | ||
138 | things | ||
139 | must | ||
140 | pass | ||
141 | the | ||
142 | little | ||
143 | city | ||
144 | began | ||
145 | slowly | ||
146 | to | ||
147 | decay | ||
148 | the | ||
149 | old | ||
150 | ones | ||
151 | claimed | ||
152 | the | ||
153 | young | ||
154 | had | ||
155 | no | ||
156 | respect | ||
157 | for | ||
158 | culture | ||
159 | anymore | ||
160 | trees | ||
161 | at | ||
162 | night | ||
163 | their | ||
164 | skeletons | ||
165 | revealed | ||
166 | by | ||
167 | a | ||
168 | camera | ||
169 | flash | ||
170 | they | ||
171 | began | ||
172 | to | ||
173 | die | ||
174 | off | ||
175 | slowly | ||
176 | more | ||
177 | quickly | ||
178 | than | ||
179 | being | ||
180 | born | ||
181 | the | ||
182 | end | ||
183 | was | ||
184 | coming | ||
185 | closer | ||
186 | two | ||
187 | earthworms | ||
188 | on | ||
189 | pavement | ||
190 | after | ||
191 | a | ||
192 | rain | ||
193 | as | ||
194 | the | ||
195 | last | ||
196 | breath | ||
197 | was | ||
198 | made | ||
199 | the | ||
200 | last | ||
201 | accounts | ||
202 | closed | ||
203 | in | ||
204 | the | ||
205 | city | ||
206 | keys | ||
207 | tacked | ||
208 | to | ||
209 | a | ||
210 | sign | ||
211 | in | ||
212 | buffalo | ||
213 | park | ||
214 | it | ||
215 | was | ||
216 | given | ||
217 | over | ||
218 | to | ||
219 | other | ||
220 | builders | ||
221 | man | ||
222 | flipping | ||
223 | a | ||
224 | four-wheeler | ||
225 | and | ||
226 | walking | ||
227 | it | ||
228 | off | ||