"people need me. I fillthem. if they can't see mefor awhile the get desperate, they getsick.but if I see them too oftenI get sick. it's hard to feedwit...

Genius could be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way, or even to say a simple thing in a simpler way.
~ Charles Bukowski ~











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