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But who knows? Love is not always reciprocated... for a loser). LOSER<---------------LOSER GROUP LOVE GROUP ONE-----------> ???? 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YEAH there it is okay. i'm gonna put this in and you're going to listen to it. oh quitcherbitchin. it's a good cd. you can't say you don't like it when you've never heard it! okay yeah i don't CARE that so-and-so said it sucks or whatever -- would you trust their opinions on EVerything? okay. now sit back and enjoy. ... ... yeah? you like it ? ... ... wow, the windows are getting steamy ... haha i bet they can't even see us in here... yeah, i know, that part is pretty cool. there's another one of those coming up here... yeah ... ... ... ... okay, now i'm gonna play you this one ... where is that ... i thought i saw it ... okay here it is. gotta skip to track ... uhmm which track is that? okay hold on. ... yEAH this is it! okay listen carefully ... see if you can find the tuba.. haha! yeah! ... ... man people must be thinkin' something's up in this car hehe ... ... uhmm ... ... uhhh yeah i think i need another drink ... uhmm i'm gonna get out ... you can sit here and listen some more if you want ... ... [idiot replies,] "nah, i think i'll join you" _/"-._/"-._/"-._/"-._/"-._/"-._/"-._/"\_.-"\_.-"\_.-"\_.-"\_.-"\_.-"\_.-"\_ writer's journey by Ahmed Balfouni _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ \"-._\"-._\"-._\"-._\"-._\"-._\"-._ _.-"/_.-"/_.-"/_.-"/_.-"/_.-"/_.-"/ " " " " " " " """"" " " " " " " " twenty years after the fact and two hours' worth of freeway jam later I arrive at the provincial museum can I ask you not to use a pen to make your notes says my guide here's a pencil sharpened by my teeth I abstain from my town and this Discobolos on the front lawn of City Hall _/"-._/"-._/"-._/"-._/"-._/"-._/"-._/"\_.-"\_.-"\_.-"\_.-"\_.-"\_.-"\_.-"\_ _name_ by BMC _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ \"-._\"-._\"-._\"-._\"-._\"-._\"-._ _.-"/_.-"/_.-"/_.-"/_.-"/_.-"/_.-"/ " " " " " " " """"" " " " " " " " Over the droning of the television, I thought I heard the radio say something. A name. Email.. blah blah has 10 new messages [Hydr0c0d0ne and V1c0d1n law] [Own a Home? Get Cash Out - Rates are low!] [How a b o u t feeling 20 ye:ars younger?] [Maximum exposure] [tree trunk? "Date Number"649] [Let it wait no longer...University Diploma!] [Cheap Prices For vi@-gr@] [Will you be healthy in 80 years old?.. voyage scalps] [|v|i@gr@ - We have something better!] [Make your life better] What was the name the announcer had reported? Something I had heard. I tore through stacks of newspapers, staining my fingers black. What was the name? Why was it familiar. Shockwave dreamscape, twitching index finger leftclicklleftlefftleffftttleftrrrightclickkk A girl. I think I had known her. All hits all the time - top 40 - 20 in a row - 5 o'clock rush hour. I turned off the radio. A girl. I folded all the magazines and newspapers. Had I loved her? [HahAhHAhahahHAhHAhAHahhHahhAhHahA] The laughtrack to my life, I shut off the TV. Email.. blah blah has 7 new messages////// unplugged the computer. I saw for the first time an empty room. 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