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do you have a dollar?

Anastasia Bamford
man i just need a couple bucks i'm trying to get back to 1975 or maybe ride the line to 2032 it's a short bus ride took no time at all to get here and the fare was cheap but the only vehicles on the streets these days are those damn trucks the ones with the big-ass flags there goes one now i keep thinking there's gotta be a bus stop somewhere one of the guys on the corner said they ripped them all up too many homeless trying to make a home out of cardboard and shopping bags i'm not like them i've got a plan and i'm going somewhere as soon as i can find a couple more dollars and a greyhound bus
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