13,667. ONLY ON

ONLY ON 

Only on my trapezoidal farm

were things like this to happen.

And though we hoped an end

was near, it al seemed endless

and running: A church of rumors

on the whitened hilltop, and  a

general run for the chickens and

hens. Barnyards for the taking.

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I slaved for everything I've ever

owned, and now looking back I'm

amazed at both how little I knew 

and how little I wanted. I just

let people talk; and whatever I

was told, I simply took for 

granted. Freddie Fox. Earl 

Grant. And Joe Ziccardi too.