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When the accidental arrangement meant that

  • When the accidental arrangement meant that Cape's fingertips would have to be severed, he considered his options, as he always had whenever he was forced into a situation like this

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  • , which truth be told, was pretty much his entire life. One long series of jams, ending in some small tragedy, But this, he thought, was the worst. How could he again play piano

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  • when he had lost her forever? The one who inspired her. The very reason he plays it in the first place. He threw his gaze out the window just to see how those freaking birds flew

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  • over the cuckoo's nest. But Nurse Ratchet was nobody's fool. She would not fall for his "contagious lust for life." Her heart was like the glacier ice cliffs in an arctic bay.

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  • Which is to say, under the oasis that is the water, our salvation in a cloak. Refugees from life and lost as to which direction they should go. Then you wandering lonely in the bar

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  • asking, pleading: "Salt? Dost thou has salt?" In the meanwhile your children die hungry and lonely, crying to

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  • Eat a Big Mac with fries. There is no McDonald's nearby so you make your own burgers using bison. The children are furious and you tell them Dr. Oz recommends leaner meats. No salt

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  • shakers are to be found, so you dare to dip from a bowl of seasoned salt. It is hot, but garlic and chili flavors mask the gamey taste. After getting your fill of bison burgers

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  • you load up on Proboscis Monkey pate with Mediterranean Monk Seal sauce. Not bad, but maybe a little more mealy than you might prefer. The meal is finished up with a generous

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  • side of dodo-egg omelette. You always suspected the dodo never truly left us, yet the unlimited access of the rich nevertheless astonishes you. You smile at your original Matisse.

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1 Comments

  1. Woab Oct 05 2017 @ 16:13

    Bachtopus, your endings are truly inspired.

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