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david martin's avatar

great story. great insights.

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

That one came out like someone shook up a can of beer and dropped it on the floor

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Dan Stockton's avatar

I smelled tequila - I felt ice crystals of an overly cold domestic swill abasing the back of my throat as Chuck guzzled his - and I remembered my teenage diffidence

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

I love poetic responses

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Luke's avatar

Great one, Jimmy

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

It was the product of a real life collision between someone on Twitter asking me if I'd print my real phone number in a story ( Bukowski did ) and a pretty girl posting QOTSA " Go With the Flow"

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Luke's avatar

From reading it, I figured there was some interesting inspiration.

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

Thanks for reminding me to share it with the inspirers.

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Veronica's avatar

I love this one!

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

Thanks. I kinda took a bit of a chunk from my own life, but it's fiction.

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Jim Latham's avatar

hell yeah jimmy, hell yeah. nice one.

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

Thanks Jim!

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DianeLyn's avatar

Beautiful. I remember that guy.

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