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What I Ain’t Got

On July 17, 2014July 17, 2014 By wastedpilgrimIn FictionLeave a comment

I don’t know where I am / And I don’t know where I’m going / I reckon it don’t matter anyway / What factories are left here are mainly hiring Mexicans / I reckon that they’ll work without much pay.   Years ago, it had been the site of a filling station. Then it was …

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What I Ain’t Got, Part Three

On July 13, 2014 By wastedpilgrimIn FictionLeave a comment

    My friends all moved away / And they moved to big cities / Where they fight all that traffic every day / While I sit here and rot / In this godforsaken town / That gets older and sadder every day.   At the produce stand, not all was drudgery. Sam Maitlin encountered …

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