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Protege
I
would
attempt
to
ingest
just
about
anything
with
the
obvious
exception
of
radium.
A
common
cause
of
memory
boost
is
having
lunch
with
a
sister
or
brother
during
which
substantiation
becomes
an
unsinkable
bond.
The
boiler
on
the
steamboat
blew
up
in
Joseph
Campbell’s
shamed
face
when
Steinbeck
pulled
a
loaded
shotgun
on
him
and
ordered
him
out
of
town
within
24
hours.
Now
then,
a
guy
has
to
cuddle
self-‐interest
especially
with
a
dame
on
the
line.
Once
upon
a
lifetime
you
planted
in
catacombs
of
the
imagination
yellow
palms
which
led
to
always
catching
the
bus
on
schedule.
Then
your
buddy
got
involved
when
he
confessed
he’d
found
Gandhi
once
his
wife
began
refusing
sex.
The
passive
correlative
a
one
way
ticket
to
infinity
you
say
and
isn’t
that
what
she
was
after
the
statuesque
Colombian
gal
in
tight
satin
skirt
and
giddy
pearls
who
chatted
openly
with
kids
whose
stiletto
heels
lifted
her
high
above
Custom
House
Plaza?
Linus
composes
songs
on
the
glockenspiel
as
annulled
the
poker-‐faced
Sam
timid
with
the
choke