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"Told you -- no free answers."
"OK, OK ... you W.In. We,II Iif I can talk to people I can learn.
I can find out who they are, and who I am."
"Check."

"An' to do all that, I gotta be sincere."
"Are you?"

"No, not always."

"Do you expect yourself to be?" But sometimes I feel so in-

"No, I guess I don't do that either.
adequate."

"But at least you make the effort. Some people don't even care.

What is important is that you tried."

"I know, but sometimes trying's not enough."
"It's all you can do."
"I guess so."

"Well, you going over to your room now?"
"Yeah."

"I'll tag along."
"Fine."

"We can talk about all of this again later."

SMALL TOWN

Caged lion, retarded man
Dragging his feet on the pavement
Yellow hate, sickly yellow grin-sneer
Man without a body, the body without a soul
Leering on the heels of the slender figure passing by.
Barefoot coal miner's children
Hollow eyes, unkempt hair.
Untaught, unteachable
Seeing nothing: not the blue sky
Nor the lilies of the field.

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