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Jesse Had a Lisp, You See

Jesse was a common man he never made a lot of money he had a troubled marriage. His wife left him for another man he never saw his kids again. Although he never wrote a book he read hundreds of them trying to solve riddles in his life. But Jesse had a lisp, you see, and others liked to laugh. After he died last week the undertaker poured his ashes over the edge of an ocean cliff. He liked to watch eagles dive and carry away big fish. Jesse was a common man as are we whose whole is greater than our parts. But Jesse had a lisp, you see, and others liked to laugh. Donal Mahoney

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