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joe with his head buried in the trash and everyone says joe is fine. he has the gift of getting by, too many judgments on a lost soul.

panic about mistakes, many of them, many of going overboard the use of the word ‘many’.

because joe hasn't slept well in years, because he cant get rid of his vices, he watches too much television, he listens to foo much music, he didn't learn to read, according to the teachers’ instructions, he couldn't be taught after the age of ten,

he bought a car that doesn't go uphill. it doesnt go uphill because it doesn't have the power, it doesn't go downhill because it doesn't have brakes. joe, in his car, neither goes uphill nor downhill. he doesn't even risk if...

straightjacket; intravenous fluid; he squirms; increases the dose; cumulating; falling; cutting down; cutting down; drooling; sleep well.