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Anomaly, 19
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Alchemy, 8
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Assimilation, 45
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Baby, 43, 112, 114, 116–120
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Banality, 59
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Bald spot, 118
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Beeswax, 12–13
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Bible, 35, 132, 141–142
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Blackbird, 73
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Blockage
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Food induced, 64
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Mental, 59, 61, 63, 70–71
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Blunt, 41, 43
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Bocce ball, 105–106
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Boombox, 40
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Boots
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American, 66
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Good, 32
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Patent leather, 59
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Border
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As drug-trafficking route, 78
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Deployment of troops to, 22
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Porous, 46
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Boundaries, 42, 78
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Breakup, 104–106
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Budweiser, 73, 118
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Burning Man, 29
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Cake, 110, 112, 113, 115, 136
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Canaries, 62
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Caravan, 22, 47
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Cholera, 64
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Clay, 72, 74
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Clue, 19, 149
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Colonialism, 42, 126
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Coney Island, 15
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Couples, 43, 129, 147–149
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Crack, 46
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Death
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Anticipation of, 24, 28–31, 40–41, 48
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Figurative uses of, 28, 44, 63, 133
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Of family members, 62, 73, 118
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Debt, 43
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Diaries, 8–13, 59–71, 152
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Disappointment, 112, 115, 146
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Divorce, 105, 116–120, 138, 147–148
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Dodgers, 73
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Dogs, 28, 34–37, 67–70, 147–148
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Doily, 115
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Doodles, 66
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Dreams
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Of a brothel, 65
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Political, 43
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Dust, 29, 41, 52, 106, 110, 132
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Elegy, 135, 146
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Empathy, 111, 149
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Emptiness, 61, 66, 135
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Escapes, 48, 60–62
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Intimacy
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False, 119
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Worn off, 26
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Fame, 44
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Fantasy
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Of a grandmother's apartment, 41
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Of California, 28
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Of sex, 119
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Father
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Demanding, 62
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Drinking, 117, 137
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Shrinking, 62
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Fermentation, 8–13
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Flying, 73–74, 106
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Gangs
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International art-selling, 68
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With knives, 44
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Gaze, 41, 43, 59, 66, 69–70, 130
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Ghost
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Of an uncle, 72
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Riding trains, 74
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Warning, 54
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Grateful Dead, 28–29
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Grief, 73, 130
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Heaven, 32–36, 106
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Hindenburg, 110
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Hurricane
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Dorian, 21
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Sandy, 15
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Icon
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Byzantine, 107
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Virgen Milagrosa, 40
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Illness
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Of a father, 62
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Of a mother, 118
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Industrial Age, 27
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Inheritance, 47, 74, 116
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Insomnia, 62, 71
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Jealousy, 112
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Kafka, Franz, 58–71
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Kalasha, 78, 98–99
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Kudzu, 54
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Lace, 116
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Lemonade, 41
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Lock, 43
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Looney Tunes, 26
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Lottery tickets, 73
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Map
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Boils on body as, 60
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"Inner city" as, 41
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Of circular reasoning, 20–23
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Of the self, 132
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Sewed by mother, 74
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Tongue used as, 27
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Misery, 59, 119, 146
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Monotony, 63
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Mouth, 24–31, 66, 107, 116, 118–119, 135
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Music
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Merengue, 40, 44
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Teenage harmonies, 45
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Nabokov, Vladimir, 24
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Neighbors, 43–46, 56, 107, 112–113
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Netflix, 149
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North Star, 148
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Ocean, 52, 72, 74, 119
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Paperwork, 117
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Paradox, 65
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Parents, 42–44, 48, 62, 106, 110, 116–117, 120, 136, 139, 144, 146
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Passports, 44, 78, 104
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Percocet, 27
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pH, 10
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Pills, 31
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Plagues, 40, 105, 107
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Polytheism, 78
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Postcards, 60, 61, 63, 68–69
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Premonition, 24
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Purgatory, 31
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Religion, 78–79, 119, 127, 134, 140–146
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Roots, 26, 152
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Rosetta Stone, 27
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Rumors, 40, 152
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Scaffolding, 61, 132
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Scars, 40, 44
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Sex
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Dutiful, 117
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Imagined, 119
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Sticky, 105
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Sharpie, 21
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Shoes
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Baby, 112, 115
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Light–up, 17
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Showtime, 147
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Slot machines, 15
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Snapple, 26
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Teapot, 120
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Teeth, 24, 36, 106
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Theft, 69
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Thermometer, 52, 116, 119
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Thunder, 117, 152
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Tourists, 58–71
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Trump, Donald, 20–23, 146
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United Airlines, 105
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Universal Studios, 124
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Vacations, 30, 59, 62–63, 72, 104–107
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VH1, 147
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Viagra, 29
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Waste, 11
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Wig, 123
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War, 111, 113, 139, 152
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Wedding, 55, 60, 70, 109, 118, 120, 137, 139, 147
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Weegee, 24
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Women
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Challenging expectations, 137
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Enslaved, 41, 49
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Gossiping, 152
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Single, 104–106, 116–120
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Yak, 78
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Yeats, W. B., 30