"I wish
I could
stand on
a busy
street corner,
hat in hand,
and beg people
to throw me
all their
wasted hours."
Bernard Berenson

"I have an affection
for a great city.
I feel safe
in the neighborhood
of man,
and enjoy
the sweet security
of the streets."
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"What is not
in the open street
is false,
derived,
that is to say,
literature."
Henry Miller

"I don't want
someone shoving
his views
down my throat,
unless they're covered
in a crunchy
candy shell."
Stephen Colbert

ON THE
STOOP

"Keep thy shop
and thy shop
will keep thee."
Benjamin Franklin

"Candy,
is dandy,
but Liquor,
is quicker."
Ogden Nash

The Night Before

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
RACHEL

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"He came from beneath..."


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