T h e possibilities seem endless, but they really only fit into very

narrow parameters for what passes as life around here. I'll probably
drink too much, have a few laughs, and make my way back to the
crash pad where, instead of sleeping, I will try to remember why I
came here and think about what I will do tomorrow. (At least that's
all I'll tell you... )
As I lay in bed, drowning the outside noise with some Charlie
Parker on the headphones, I begin to scribble some notes for a

flyer I will make tomorrow to post around town, particularly in

the hipster spots and alternative grunge centers . . .

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the pillow, and a numbnes overtakes my weary
body, I think about the forest where I live, the
ones I am missing, and that

I only have four

more days before I can use my bus ticket.

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