11,140, 'THE BEAR HAS THE LEG THAT I NEED'

'THE BEAR HAS THE

LEG THAT I NEED'

And sometimes the Kool-Aid 

just isn't enough. There are

so many other ways in this

world, Robert, to turn people's

heads and hearts; let's try for

that better nature of equal parts.

Ride the highway to the west.

The west is the best. 

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Here, there's a palm tree fallen

right over, across the road; and,

really, who needs that? I'd rather

the oak that fell on Dad's car, do

you remember that, in about 1974?

Just about then you were still

in flared pants, you silly lunk.

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I was never so glad to be part

of another generation as then.

I felt like reporting to the crowd

on the hill that, like a God, I was

present everywhere, but seen

nowhere. Not that it made any 

difference, mind you; the dog

still licked, and the cat still

lapped milk, and the bear

had the leg that I needed.