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Caution Today, I go out determined to step on a crack, to run with scissors, to cross my weary eyes, because nothing has ever happened! And, oh Lord, I am stuck. So, whatever I’ve been told not to do, I’m doing: watch me grow hair on my palms, stunt my growth, get zits all over my face. No more, I say, playing it safe! No more thinking twice about it! No more looking before I leap! I’m hailing cars full of strangers. I’m throwing good money after bad, coveting my neighbor’s wife, taking the Lord’s name in vain. Goddammit it! So what if my plans don’t hatch? So what if I come unglued? Stand back! I’m taking my chances. 82 ...

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