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Hanging in a frame

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There he is on the wall, trapped beneath the glass with just a couple of cabbies and a few dropouts for company. The sight of him! 2 years in the clink and he's nothing but an Adam's apple resting in some hair gel. 2 years had seemed exceptionally harsh for stealing a car, he was only 17 after all. They let him go. He's trouble. I heard he's not Catholic. He appears to be high. Someone in the store said that he just got out of St Cloud.  You're not to see him again, you hear me? St Cloud Reformatory But he could drive! They drove and drove and found themselves in South Dakota - they tried to marry but it didn't work out. So they carried on in secret, she double-dated and he triple dated but she didn't know that. Her little sister was pretty cool about it. He promised her driving lessons in his car and she swore not to say a word. And she didn't, for a while. He stopped showing up. It wasn't his fault, he was sick, tired, he slep...

The Isle of Grain

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