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ooooo ooooo .oooooo. oooooooooooo HOE E'ZINE RELEASE #717
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`888' `888' d8P' `Y8b `888' `8
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888 888 888 888 888 "Struck a Chord"
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888ooooo888 888 888 888oooo8
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888 888 888 888 888 " by Mr A Jim
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888 888 `88b d88' 888 o 7/1/99
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o888o o888o `Y8bood8P' o888ooooood8
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the man's pocket was full of cigars.
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not good ones, mind you, but cheap ones adorned with cellophane and a
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bright white "seal" and pseudospanish.
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and there were some pens in there, too.
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they looked kind of nice in there, in that blue and white checkered
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shirt that the man wore. they gave him character.
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yes, character.
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character, like so many words before its time, an embellishment of
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fine excuses across the world. "a face with character." a noble face.
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the man's face was noble. sort of.
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his greasy, mulatto face was almost commonplace; the stiff, balding
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mass of nappy, untrimmed hair above it was brownish, like the cigars in his
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pocket.
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also like the cigars, the hair was there for a purpose, however
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unseen.
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unseen. what was that thing, again? oh, yeah. i forget sometimes.
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funny like that.
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to be unique and satisfied. to focus. to never lose sight. to
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never bother with just how to move your feet so people can get by.
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to never be affected by the girl with the piercing eyes and the
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square-jawed, ageless body asking whether she prefers the front or the back.
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to participate, and be in your clubs and your over-65 rituals and your
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coolidge corner drug store and your dignified immigrant family in a jewish
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suburb. to eat your crazy cheap chinese food with previously frozen green
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peas and force your values and go home.
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having achieved the great dream, the man, determined, made his way to
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the back of the bus and out of my sight.
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[ (c) !LA HOE REVOLUCION PRESS! HOE #717 - WRITTEN BY: MR A JIM - 7/1/99 ]
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