I took a straight picture that made me look like a thirty-year-old Ita…

Jack Kerouac
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I took a straight picture that made me look like a thirty-year-old Italian who'd kill anybody who said something against his mother. ✨ Jack Kerouac (1995). The Portable Jack Kerouac, Viking Adult
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