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Old 10-09-2008, 02:54 AM   #63 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Jack Flak View Post
It was one of those literal/figurative things, you know. Because it is literally true, and also a microcosm for however big picture you want to get.
Yes, it can grow into the macrocosm, but still be scaled with everything else there; continuing to sit in its corner, hoping for that generous and tipsy rich woman to come along; and who's to say which is the bigger dreamer ? Me down here, where it's not even cosmic, or the God of drunks up there ? ( He tends to look favorably on me anyway, from past associations. )
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