Don't Stand Where The Comet Is Assumed To Strike Oil
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“I would stand upon facts.”
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“By being seldom seen, I could not stir
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“No skilled hands
caress a stranger’s flesh with lucid oil before
a word is spoken
no feasting
before a tale is told, before
the stranger tells his name.”
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