There is a similarity between juggling and composing on the typewriter…

Tom Robbins
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There is a similarity between juggling and composing on the typewriter. The trick is, when you spill something, make it look like a part of the act. ✨ Tom Robbins (2003). Still Life with Woodpecker, p.10, Bantam
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There is a similarity between juggling and composing on the typewriter. The trick is, when you spill something, make it look like a part of the act. ✨ Tom Robbins (2003). Still Life with Woodpecker, p.10, Bantam

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