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351 I don't know. 352 You said if I was ever thinking about writing a piece for the paper. . . . 353 No kidding. 354 Is he in here? 355 No. 356 Other stories. 357 Good stories. 358 It's about time. 359 People get hurt, they shut down. 360 Till the pain goes away? 361 I don't know. 362 Maybe you just learn to take it in like everything else. 363 Kind of like a few pieces of cork in a great glass of wine. 364 You don't want to miss the wine. 365 Is that in here? 366 The cork in the wine thing? 367 No. 368 Good. I hate it. 369 lt may be that most of us write our own life story... 370 ...making it up as we go along. 371 But others seem to have lives that are already shaped and planned... 372 ...inescapable... 373 ...perfect as a circle. 374 Open it. 375 Slowly. 376 -This is exciting. -It is. 377 Front page of the section! Great! 378 Thanks, bud. 379 Can I cut it out? 380 Sure. 381 -Is this okay? -That is great. 382 That's perfect. Thank you. 383 Here's your mail, ma'am. 384 Thank you. 385 Sure. 386 Nice. 387 I love what you've done here. 388 -Very minimalist. -Very nice of you to stop by, sir. 389 Yes, well, I come bearing a gift for your new phone booth office. 390 -Can I hang it? -That is so sweet. 391 I know. 392 You'll never guess who it is. 393 You seem happy. 394 Is anything all right? 395 Ahab. 396 May I? 397 If you decide to go do something wild and ridiculous. . . 398 . . .it'll only prove one thing. 399 And what's that? 400 He's one lucky old son of the sea. |
