the patients pay their bill and hand us gift-wrapped boxes
all the boxes contain exactly the same DE-LUXE chocolate biscuit selection
there are only three of us here to eat them
it seems rude to offer them round to the waiting patients - it would be like giving them back their presents
tomorrow I must find a route home that involves more homeless people
The Novel as Battering Ram.
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I’ve been a fan of Veniamin Kaverin since reading his 1971 novel Перед
зеркалом [Before the mirror] (LH post); I also enjoyed his early Скандалист
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10 hours ago
If the homeless are not interested, perhaps the hipsters at the Meat Cafe!
ReplyDeleteI gave them a job lot and they're promoting the choco-biscuit burger - it's gonna be BIG!!
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