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edpeterson8 Nov 2004

a turtle strokes its way through a puddle of creamed corn. she turns coldly, glaring beneath her shades, smoke gushing from her face. she speaks. we see her missing teeth.

A force beyond my control pushes at the seams in my denim trousers.