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		Xeroxing, 
		lunch, the gym, waiting in line for a movie, varicose veins.  So much 
		for standing on my own two feet.  I have nothing to do with time, 
		everything to do with clocks.  So I lay out activities like dominoes to 
		keep the minutes clattering forward:  Xeroxing, lunch, the gym, rubbing 
		my varicose veins.  A moment comes when I notice that no one stalling at 
		the bus stop or scanning the Style section touches the ground directly; 
		their shoes hover, as if over a hole.  The Earth rumbles.  Others come 
		emerging from the ground.  I move to catch the next train.    
		
		  
    
    
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