Unreal City: StoriesWordcraft of Oregon, 1996 - 196 pages |
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Page 86
... told when you pretended that somebody didn't wake you when they really did . " Hey , Bri , your mom told me about the screen on the wall . I guess I didn't really listen last time when you told me about that . I'm real interested in the ...
... told when you pretended that somebody didn't wake you when they really did . " Hey , Bri , your mom told me about the screen on the wall . I guess I didn't really listen last time when you told me about that . I'm real interested in the ...
Page 90
... told me to be still . Anyway , this morning I went out on the lawn in my pajamas to get the newspaper , and when I returned my wife was glaring at me , her lips encircled in a white ring of tension . She said that I had just exhibited ...
... told me to be still . Anyway , this morning I went out on the lawn in my pajamas to get the newspaper , and when I returned my wife was glaring at me , her lips encircled in a white ring of tension . She said that I had just exhibited ...
Page 91
... told her I thought this was middle - class bullcrap , and she said , Yes , probably so , to a slum child , whereupon I reminded her that in fact she had been raised in working - class quarters whereas I had been brought up in a middle ...
... told her I thought this was middle - class bullcrap , and she said , Yes , probably so , to a slum child , whereupon I reminded her that in fact she had been raised in working - class quarters whereas I had been brought up in a middle ...
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