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Nickel Plated Nickel Plated by Aric Davis
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“Cars in the driveway that run on prayers instead of gasoline. The American Dream in the darkest light possible.”
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“I had stuff that needed doing. It wasn’t my fault that none of it mattered.”
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“They did what they were told, kept their noses clean. Civilians, nothing wrong with it, but if they only knew that they could choose, is that what they would have picked. Would they pay taxes, work for a system that could discard them liked yesterday's trash? The collapse of the auto industry should have been a heads-up---good guys can loose when rich men play with money. If it was a sign, nobody saw it.”
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“Endless thoughts boiling my brain in cruel waters. I didn’t sleep well.”
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“You could learn a lot from a man who knew how to say please and thank you, yes sir and yes ma’am. People worry about leopards and elephants and tigers being endangered, but we all watch as rudeness butts its way into normal conversation.”
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“The little bit of adult in me was screaming that freaks hid in normalcy,”
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“I ride through the city and into suburbia—just as many eyes, but twice the secrets.”
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“If spring is birth, summer is life, and winter is death, then the fall is dying.”
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“It’s amazing how a smile and a kind word can fix even a ruined heart.”
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“I’m sure it was inconvenient that my little project woke somebody up, but seriously, calm down; it’s just a pipe bomb.”
Aric Davis, Nickel Plated