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| everywhere oak doors slam | |||||||||
| ming with oak desks behind them | |||||||||
| terminals blinking impatiently | |||||||||
| next...next... | |||||||||
| input | |||||||||
| EYES: blue | |||||||||
| HAIR: brown | |||||||||
| SIN: | |||||||||
| the little sister who got married a week ago tomorrow | |||||||||
| ushered at the ionian hall | |||||||||
| brother-in-law tore his tuxedo fighting with a cousin | |||||||||
| had soup today, but no salad | |||||||||
| B+ | |||||||||
| insufficient grade points... | |||||||||
| insufficient grade points... | |||||||||
| where are you | |||||||||
| hammering at the oak door with bruised knuckles | |||||||||
| left thirty nickles in his pocket | |||||||||
| we ran to the employment office today | |||||||||
| three hundred people shoving for ten openings | |||||||||
| and a black eye and an empty belly | |||||||||
| a silver flute at the pawnshop | |||||||||
| let me in let me in in in | |||||||||
| back at 1 p.m. | |||||||||
| Leave your number at the sound of the tone: | |||||||||
| - gone shopping - see you later | |||||||||
| - sorry - will have to cancel - another time | |||||||||
| - the number you have reached is no longer in serv | |||||||||
| beep | beep | beep | beep | beep | beep | ||||
| one-way ticket, closed departure | |||||||||
| cold cold tubular metal bus stop | |||||||||
| ice salt spray splayed rubber | |||||||||
| doors slamming | |||||||||
| Buy | |||||||||
| On Sale | |||||||||
| As Is | |||||||||
| All Things Must Go | |||||||||
| she wore an ivory gown more yellow than white | |||||||||
| with long lace sleeves and a bouquet of forfetmenots | |||||||||
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