The harmonica notes hung in the air like indictments.

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An Amazon package came to my doorstep, even if I didn't order anything. It had to be a hundred pounds at least, and when I opened it, it was my fifth grade teached, Mr. Armitage.

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Remember when our cars were named after explorers; Cadillac, De Soto, Chaka Khan, Chaka, Khan, -- no, wait. Chaka Khan wasn't an explorer. Plus there is no car named after her.

In the Cassini pictures, I first saw Walt Disney as The Bride of Frankenstein but an extra 90° clockwise gave us somebody, maybe a golem, tied to the back of an electric tiger.

I don't have a middle name. But it should be Happenstance because that is what my life has been. Chance Happenstance Costello. C.H.C. It is a happenstance behind why I don't have a

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It is as if I am grabbing a flower in a thick bower. My hand & the flower are highlighted by a large but stray sunbeam. It seems to be following my hand. There's that rustle again.

Firewalls and anti-virus programming do nothing to stop the progression of disease. Network terminals turn terminal. Data multiplies beyond processing capabilities— like cancer.

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There is a lion hiding in this ordinary sunny day. Treat it as a threat. Don't let your powder get wet and keep your top knot. If the boot falls on you remember to send us a sign.

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