2011 Issue - Santa Fe Community College

getting anything dirty,
then try to save poor old
Le Breun when he’s loaded.”
You got me there, I say.
“And a crescent can’t be
a monkey wrench like on
that Parasite Eve—
but I see I’m losing you here;
the point being, that which
you make must be useful.
Sometimes, friends got to
drop by friends to keep
them on top of reality.”
I’m much obliged, I say.
“You don’t, it won’t set fields
on fire; by example, I’m losing
this wrench faster than a gnat
can lick its ass and remember,
as always, you need me, whistle.”
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