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I knew that my relationship
with Mrs. CarPeo
was meaningful
because the only day
we ever spent in Manhattan
involved her dentist's office,
directly across from which
was the door
featured below.
was the literary agency
selected by Salinger
to represent him
primarily because
this agency had represented
his literary idol,
All google-eyed,
I walked into the office
where the woman
at the desk
regarded me
with justifiable suspicion
until she realized
I was just another
harmless Schmuck
drooling to be in the presence
of the ghosts of
TWO of his literary
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