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"I told you we should have had coffee at home this morning.
My God, I hope he can't see me."
"If we keep the newspapers in front of our faces,
he won't be able to see either of us."
"Good idea."
"There's something here about the city of Long Beach having
the highest rate of political corruption of any city its size."
"No surprise there. The more international a city is, the more abundant
its corruption. With all the international trade at the port and
the global cruise ships, you got more languages spoken here
than in cities twice its size. The Tower of Babeling
breeds corruption. The more..."
"Shhhhhh. Marcel is sitting at a table alone but he is about to stand up.
I think its proclamation time."
"THE ONLY THING WORSE THAN BEING ALONE
IS BEING WITH OTHER PEOPLE."
"And all the other people are ignoring him. Now he's leaving.
No audience, no reason to stay."
"Too bad for him but that just reminded me of a Marcel DuTramp poem:
I condescend to my inferiors
I am intimidated by superiors
And I disdain any man who thinks he's my equal."
"Not all poems are created equal."
"But there's one more line:
Other than that, I love everyone."
"Love is all you need but condescension, intimidation
and disdain get you bonus points."
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