13,847. USING ONLY THE RIGID FORMATION

USING ONLY THE 

RIGID FORMATION

I came out of the mist from somewhere

I guess. Before my time I remember so

little. Car-shine glinted off cars in the

sun, and I remember that hitting my eyes

when young. Now, I think nothing of it

at all. In a somnolent way I move on.

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Card-sharks and depilatron matrons;

Asian ladies always plucking hairs.

Tall guys, of old, made taller by

tophats and vertically long coats  -

sold by the inch, I'm sure. There's

money for the taking (and I should

know where there's more). But I don't.

My vein is depleted; the motherlode

gone. This mineshaft is empty. I'd

best move on.