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the stairwell to me - Beefaroni, Ricearoni
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I opened the envelope and read the letter and then I put my head in my arms and cried.
With the letter there were twenty new fifty-dollar bills.
And here I am in the Brewster Hotel, technically a fugitive from justice again - parole
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I have this manuscript I have a small piece of luggage about the size of a doctor's bag that
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change. I broke one of the fifties to buy this tablet of paper and a deck of smokes.
Wondering what I should do.
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First I'm going to put this manuscript back in my bag. Then I'm going to buckle it up,
grab my coat, go downstairs, and check out of this ,
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