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By Jack Joseph Smith

a - “CS gauntlet, Looking at Dandy and then past him to the street, I said, There waiting for uss , He he, they're waiting yntil I finish my eggs, he hes Well hurry up and eat them, I don't think they are going to take us in, so let's get the hell out of here; Wait till I finish my eggss What are we going t@ do about Murphy? Eels I think I've got a plan; What ig it? I'm waiting for more developementss What kind of develoements Dandy$ It has been quite a-fucking day, and we might as well put the iceing on the cakes I hope it's aweets o many sweets are bad for the gute, Ea, let me think, Yeah; Yeahs it will works What will work What are you up tof He heg Christ, you're out of your minds I'm into plan one, let's see if we can pull the whole think off¢ , Dandy; let's just get the hell out of heres Eahg Yeah, I think I've got ite We got up from the couter, paid the bill, and started for the doors We were half way through the gauntlet, when I turned to see Dandy pulling his wallet outs He took a dollar bill from it, tossed it in the air, and saidg Okey boys, you can go home know, I couldn't believe it, and I jyst said, fuck it, and walked to the police car and

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Taken to the station again, the narrator watches Murphy in a glass cage and two shaken girls outside it while his own thoughts slide into a weary, clownish stream of laughter, lust, and dread.

The police station is no longer an exceptional place here; it has become another stage set in the cycle. What matters is the narrator's drifting consciousness, which cannot decide whether to mock the scene, desire it, or collapse under it.

Claude

Dandy delays their exit through the gauntlet of cops to eat his eggs, announces he has got a plan, and pulls out his wallet to toss a single dollar bill in the air — okey boys, you can go home know — the signature Dandy provocation.