Joy Wants Eternity H.L. Mencken
She is twice my age and still beautiful
She has had three double martinis
I tell her that independence is a state of mind and I laugh at myself
I have had three double martinis
... the first debt I have paid myself in my entire life
How ill prepared we are for the ... we take, she says
... pours herself another drink
Last night I ... for the first time in thirty years
I was hoping ... might increase ...
...
That's the church
... smokes cigarettes
... I think of Dostoyevsky
I calculate that ... 32 shots ...
... should not have another drink
I pour myself another drink
... sounds of an english wedding which
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