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There's a part of me that wants some context here. But most of me just wants to enjoy it.

Even the Ninnis are girding their loins.

'Tosa's full of racist white folks, the children & grandchildren of white Milwaukeeans who fled the city during the white flight days. It's almost as bad as 'Stallis. (West Allis)

"AZ frightens me." Brother, you don't have the time.

There's a lady I know.... wait, there's a lady I work with (temporarily, thank the stars) who, daily, sounds as though she coughs up a lung. Perhaps she has hydra lungs? Not sure. One afternoon I heard her say to another coworker, "See you in the morn- [HACKCOUGHHACH] morning. Better have [HACKHACKHACKHACKCOUGHWHEEZECOUGH] a smile [HACK] on your face!" And the tone was so mournful I felt like no one would ever have a smile on his or her face ever again.

This has been an indulgent report on what passes for life while keying data entry at the AZ Dept o'Revenue.

Life's a trap door, then we die.

What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow
Out of this stony rubbish? Son of man,
You cannot say, or guess, for you know only
A heap of broken images, where the sun beats,
And the dead tree gives no shelter, the cricket no relief,
And the dry stone no sound of water. Only
There is shadow under this red rock,
(Come in under the shadow of this red rock),
And I will show you something different from either
Your shadow at morning striding behind you
Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you;
I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

| Or Slough? |

| Demons despise the sound of shaking paper |