#AmericanWriters
re-reading some of Fante’s The Wine of Youth in bed this mid-afternoon my big cat
this man sometimes forgets who he is. sometimes he thinks he’s the Pope. other times he thinks he’s a
she left me 5 weeks ago and went t… that is, I think she left. the other day I went out to mail h… and I saw her sitting on the bus s… it was her hair there
drive to the beach at night in the winter and sit and look at the burned-dow… wonder why they just let it sit th… in the water.
if you can’t stand the heat, he sa… kitchen. you know who said that? Harry Truman. I’m not in the kitchen, I say, I’… oven.
no one is sorry I am leaving, not even I; but there should be a minstrel or at least a glass of wine. bothers the young most, I think:
here things are tough but they’re mostly always tough. basically I’m just trying to get a… with the female. when you first meet them their eyes
she had huge thighs and a very good laugh she laughed at everything and the curtains were yellow and I finished
cimen altinda gecen 225 gunden son… kanini emip bitireli epey oldu, ar… bu isler boyle mi oluyor? bu odada hala ask saatlerinin golg… birakip gittiginde asagi yukari he…
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