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he was a man from the generation
of high fives, born in the shadow
of the belltower, wearing jeans
that never fit right from the start.
one of many children lost through the
corn maze who never quite found their
way out and somehow grew up. all grown
into sloppy young adults with big
bellies round with 50 cent
beer from cactus and brothers and
faces red from screaming
about matters of no importance
to anyone in the world except
maybe the bartender, but not quite.