Up close the city constitutes an oppressive series of staircases, but …

David Sedaris
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Up close the city constitutes an oppressive series of staircases, but from a distance it inspires fantasies of wealth and power so profound that even our communists are temporarily rendered speechless. ✨ David Sedaris (2000). Me talk pretty one day
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Up close the city constitutes an oppressive series of staircases, but from a distance it inspires fantasies of wealth and power so profound that even our communists are temporarily rendered speechless. ✨ David Sedaris (2000). Me talk pretty one day

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