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Fairleigh Dickinson University

Alex Lemon

Shakedown Machine

May 15, 2011

Alex Lemon

Do you smell that? How could it be, here, Where everything looks perfect? That sour tang Of a pile of one hundred degree garbage Behind the storefront you’re standing in Front of. Sniff the air. Look around. But hurry, You … Continued

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