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A photograph offers us a glimpse into the abyss of time.


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Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went.



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The scissors cut the long-grown hair; The razor scrapes the remnant fuzz. Small-jawed, weak-chinned, big-eyed, I stare At the forgotten boy I was.



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