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Chapter 21: Seems Like Old Times | Long Left East

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Part III

“Now all they do is stand there spitting in the broken glass”

Jack Kerouac, “October In The Railroad Earth”

Chapter 21

Kat and Cary arrive in San Francisco on the first Friday in April. Just before noon they stash their things at mine—a shared black suitcase and a red Jansport backpack. The two are reserved with one another. Cary seems tired. More…

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