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Part 10 of Trout Fishing in America

...see my friend's roof.

I wouldn't have passed up the chance for a million dollars,

as they say. The roof looked like a colander to me. If that

roof and the rain were running against each other at Bay

Meadows, I'd bet on the rain and plan to spend my winnings

at the World's Fair in Seattle.

 My own experience with the Cleveland Wrecking Yard be-

gan two days ago when I heard about a used trout stream

they had on sale out at the Yard. So I caught the Number 15

bus on Co...Read more of this...
by Brautigan, Richard


Wheres the Poker?

...rtunes never come alone, 
But tread each other's heels in throngs, 
For the next day she lost the tongs; 
The salt box, colander, and pot 
Soon shar'd the same untimely lot. 
In vain she vails and wages spent 
On new ones--for the new ones went. 
There'd been (she swore) some dev'l or witch in, 
To rob or plunder all the kitchen. 
One night she to her chamber crept 
(Where for a month she had not slept; 
Her master being, to her seeming, 
A better play fellow than dreaming). ...Read more of this...
by Smart, Christopher

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