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Ambergris and Gasoline

Illustration by Kat Morgan

Listen:

Are you seeing cats where there are no cats? Bats where there are no bats? Fighting the urge to put down all your thoughts and opinions on a sign and plant it in your front yard for everyone driving by to see? I am thinking of going back and picking up that necktie I saw lying on the side of the road and putting it on so I can call myself a respectable. Then at night I’ll tie a towel around my neck so I can call myself a superhero.

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