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mnothing.
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sPrayer.
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fromRussia.
maddressingyou.
AreyougoingtoletouremotionallifeberunbyTimeMagazine?
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InthedepthsoftheGreyhoundTerminal
sittingdumblyonabaggagetrucklookingatthesky
waitingfortheLosAngelesExpresstodepart
worryingabouteternityoverthePostOfficeroofin
thenight-timereddowntownheaven
staringthroughmyeyeglassesIrealizedshuddering
thesethoughtswerenoteternity,northepoverty
ofourlives,irritablebaggageclerks,
northemillionsofweepingrelativessurroundingthe
buseswavinggoodbye,
norothermillionsofthepoorrushingaroundfrom
citytocitytoseetheirlovedones,
noranindiandeadwithfrighttalkingtoahugecop
bytheCokemachine,
northistremblingoldladywithacanetakingthelast
tripofherlife,
northered-cappedcynicalportercollectinghisquar-
tersandsmilingoverthesmashedbaggage,
normelookingaroundatthehorribledream,
normustachednegroOperatingClerknamedSpade,
dealingoutwithhismarvelouslonghandthe
fateofthousandsofexpresspackages,
norfairySaminthebasementlimpingfromleaden
trunktotrunk,
norJoeatthecounterwithhisnervousbreakdown
smilingcowardlyatthecustomers,
northegrayish-greenwhale'
sstomachinteriorloft
wherewekeepthebaggageinhideousracks,
hundredsofsuitcasesfulloftragedyrockingbackand
forthwaitingtobeopened,
northebaggagethat'
slost,nordamagedhandles,
nameplatesvanished,bustedwiresandbroken
ropes,wholetrunksexplodingontheconcrete
floor,
norseabagsemptiedintothenightinthefinal
warehouse.
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mancap,
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blackbaggage,
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andholdinghigho