men_casually_insult_me
tender_square
he
was
singing
in
the
cafeteria,
a
ditty
about
the
rain
,
never
letting
the
world
forget
he's
a
musician
outside
of
his
day
job
.
"
what
song
is
that
?"
i
asked
,
waiting
for
the
keurig
to
warm
water
.
"
uh
...it's
from
a
little
band
called
the
beatles--ever
heard
of
them
?"
he
cracked
.
i
rolled
my
eyes
and
sighed
.
"
i
know
who
the
beatles
are
,"
i
asserted. "
i
just
don't
know
that
song
."
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...
raze
he
referred
to
me
in
print
as
"formerly prolific,
now
reclusive".
as
if
a
person
stops
being
an
artist
when
they
turn
inward
and
decide
what
they
create
is
no
longer
meant
for
public
consumption
.
this
from
a
man
who
has
produced
exactly
one
piece
of
work
in
his
lifetime —
a
pedestrian
piece
of
plastic
no
one
remembers
or
cares
about
,
nineteen
years
in
the
rear_view_mirror
.
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what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from