mmmnWe had to be content with these arguments…
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He asked me patiently to swallowmHe
impatiently asked me to swallow patiently
He asked me impatiently to swallow all the
cum
mmmmthere can be in the world
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and the world
was
mma brown throw against white walls
mmmmneutral in darkness
and this part was not
mmmnthe most irksome journey
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mmmmmmmmmnin the world
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we are
mmmmmmmmmmmnirksome
mmmmmmmmmmmnbreathers
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we
mmmmmmmmmmmn do not believe
mmmmmmmmmmmnmmin order
mmmmmmmmmmmnmm content-
ment
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Perhaps, if I had
swallowed more cum
with more frequency
and contentment
divingmmmfive hundred leagues
below the passion sea
mmmmmmmmmnto half open
mmmmmltommllnshut up
mmmmmmmmmnas though
mmmmmlnot
mmmmmmmmmnin a box
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We live in an
810 square foot
mmmmmmmlrehabilitated box
mmmmmmmmmlin a litter as though
mmmmmmmmmmmmmin
acrid urinated arguments
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mmmmmmmmmmmmmmnlI beg you
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let’s wipe down the counters
do not plant your eyes
where they are unwelcome
put your dishes in
the cupboards
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likemmmmmmmnlitter as though in
mmmmmmmmmmmla box
likemmmmmmmncurious sights
nllla vow
nllla vow
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mmmhow does one see
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nllla vowmmmllleach side
mmmmmmmmlhalf open
mmmmmmlnot enough to keep
mmmmmmlfor more than a
mmmmmmquarter of an hour
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AUTHOR'S NOTE: Italicized text is excerpted from a passage by Fr. Amiot.