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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. 230629
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