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stubborn at the most unfortunate moments and quick with a flabbergasted wit he ambushes me from the alleys in his mind from behind where four strikes are uncommon and frequently commented upon let's try to ignore the inane flattery and take into consideration three screwdrivers deep the fantastic premise this is situated upon apart-heid has rendered my fat and substance unfit avocados are for brains still, lavender for calm we come together in spite of differing points of perspective expatriated breaths gasped and sighed at in the dwelling I somehow fancied as a home has suddenly become a jail/reformatory/pilgrimage a complex and refracted reflected gallery of smiles and countenances not discourteous simulateously entertained with quips and the locking of eyes with the neighborhood bulldog he arrives again with breath like linament stale tobacco and promises we bicker and yell no promise as of yet has transpired above a certain hell of vacuous emotion

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