The road is shrouded in fog. Warriors are gathering in clumps. Unwanted news is spreading like refrigerated peanut butter. Armies of Glitterhounds are marching down Main Street with banners that read "Greed Bin Gute!" Thin nobodies gather loose geese. From around the corner come crumbs. Suspicious tree bark appears unexpectedly. Farmers hide in their haystacks. Bricklayers hide behind their walls. Tiny grass dwellers prepare a barbecue. Minstrels surround the embassy. Crowds of onlookers fiddle-faddle. Men of all ages report for the draft. It's really just an open window at the end of a hallway but they line up anyway. Out from a thousand thickets come thatch divers, cabbage claspers and sundry lemon smashers, all hoping to get their own talk show. Slats creak under the weight of ominous pig jockeys. The sound of doom echoes from a hollow drum. Underwater minutemen decide their time is up and release bubbles from openings in their bodies. The bubbles rise to the surface and spell out the name of a famous Gothic cathedral in France.
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- Laurel Wexman { I am re- reading this for the millionth time, through tears, once again. It is absolutely perfect! }
- Antonie Becker { Beautifully movingly written so, Thank God, the talent and ability is still somehow, miraculously, intact. }
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