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Chocolate
A Swiss boarding school, a twig from a licorice plant, a chocolatier
June 1991
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The Sixties
Investigating conscientious-objector status, attending a rock festival, plucking strychnine tufts from a bag full of peyote buttons
April 1991
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Going Out
A three-thousand-pound slab, a pair of sunglasses and a book, a sprouting of wings
March 1991
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Homelessness
A huge beach umbrella, a Methodist church parking lot, a fire hydrant
January 1991
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Shyness
Picture days in grade school, summers on fire lookouts, Saturday afternoons at the movies
December 1990
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