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Louis Postel

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Taking Art Too Seriously

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 Hopping down the bunny trail he sang to, himself as he walked his english sheepdog in Garden State Park, and his eyes spiralled crazily.
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 How am I ever going to be as good as Vermeer when Vermeer was my age he said to his great-headed friend on the granite steps.
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 They climbed to the tip of the tulip and there they paused, breathing deeply; Buddha had forsaken them, and their farm was burning.
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 The black fighter sat in the cafe with his defeated manager next to the english sheepdog, quietly, though he felt like talking.
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 From the tip of the tulip they hopped upon the head of Warden Willis and shrank, and continued to shrink, the great-headed one and the one who’d set himself against Vermeer.
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 Buddha and the black fighter snuck off under the cafe tables while the deafeated manager (defeated because his boy lost) figured his losses.
7.

 Later Buddha and Warden Willis met at the cafe and became friends; even Vermeer, it is said, joined them for a pernod once or twice.

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 Jackhammer in withdrawal posture of meek man tumbling triple-decker fall, Archie on pavement morose chicken plucker swears damn eyes of men meek . So cab pulls up bleak summerday foxstole gets out Archie tumbling . Singing waiter staring posture . Posture of universe to shoe department . Anyway Archie. foxstole meek man meet disengage diamond ring and feather-duster since wife distress . Since tumbling meekman to balloon park meekman scatters blowing papers and words of nephew to posture of universe straighten withdrawal y’all and meek earth inherit . Sit down.

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 Wycliffe doomed and throttle open we grate along doomed cows shudder . Wycliffe Latin times to death depart minus one ruby-crusted Savibur, fill up for gas and fly zip coke hot gas never doomed always transparent we grate along Blind Bat alley English river road inheritance of Grail not so good as cows ( in Rockerfeller Center maybe as good ) Wycliffe plays Archie good in duplex garage recall Latin times circa ruby-crusted Saviour liberals rape rape time tells latin zip fly . You know some people are that way, John B and Cal and Denise -- hip cows shudder doomed trans parent. I stand .

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 Authoritarian codes and rationale for blueberries and blueberry lips before the war lots of adrenalin, now professional movers . West Village Archie die of cancer sound in make believe playpen, someone say basta -- had it ! But doctor father still working grey guru -- from binary system . Blueberries and blue-berries on lips shocks her no ending ante bellum shocks her . ( Archie red in face against authoritarian codes still required for sickies blaspheming sex ) waves roll in as professional movers, some spiral shells and that’s that, go ahead go ahead; rationale with shades and keychain on belt Sadism go Archie, die punk lovely blue-berry lips .

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