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For The Fat Guy, everything works as well as everything else. He’s tried everything. It all goes to hell. Ergo, everything works as well as
The American Poet
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When We Lie
If mere humans may have things abominable to them, mine is lying. I hate it in nearly all forms: commercial advertising and political propaganda, of
The Adult Test
If you have thought — This is dirty This is broken This is wrong And decided to help — Scrub it Repair it Right it
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