O death where is thy sting? The man is never on time. ✨ William S. Bur…

William S. Burroughs
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O death where is thy sting? The man is never on time. ✨ William S. Burroughs (2007). Naked Lunch: The Restored Text, p.289, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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