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By Jack Joseph Smith
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The-luxury linner was in the harbors Animal ant
Jaquetine-stood by the-brase:railing amiling with
curved" glasses: of white-liquor} im their-handss a
spring wind blessed’ Los Angeles after the last of
the-rainss and 'ruffed' the-sea: somewhat aa: the long:
Beach sky was:cleared of cloudds Stuffed* as. these:
cloudsswereewith the junk of chemical’ man, still,
the endings of winters desert winds saw fit to
"bring space-to this days
Down below von the pier mingled a-group of a few:
women and about twenty men. The men were~in bursts:
of laughter: every ten seconds: or so, and they were:
passing wine-and marijuanas The-group-as a-wiole~
was dyessed! loudly, thouglt eaoti ones nature= seemed’
set! apart’ Show the-other, as=il aratage:playo One= .
aexewan aut and’ booming, with a dark face-and ‘eye= At nkRiae Al
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browss and ‘discolored teeth, He-was:'the-story teller
announcing: the -results: this» ected’ voyage:woultl!
bring, Another: man with equally dark skin wee ely,
and he moved’ among the-crowd' that roared’ with lips:
placky fhe curved’ for gossip and ‘ears:exactly leaned’ for thee ‘
jonenit” —Teaction. A few others: were=lean and handsome-with
yellow chairs They were athletes, and would’ sooff at
themselves and ‘others: as: they aor the wine-and
passed’ it’ ons Stilr omens Dae witir Bored’ ;
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