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THE BEAT GOES ON

BUFFALO, N.Y.—He was walking down the street lost and alive, looking for a reason to exist, when he came across this garishly painted bi-centennial trash barrel sporting the listless face of George Washington. His hands began to tremble as he set out on a determined journey to the bottom of the garbage abyss.

November 1, 1977
Joe Fernbacher

THE BEAT GOES ON

On The Nod

BUFFALO, N.Y.—He was walking down the street lost and alive, looking for a reason to exist, when he came across this garishly painted bi-centennial trash barrel sporting the listless face of George Washington. His hands began to tremble as he set out on a determined journey to the bottom of the garbage abyss.

Halfway to his destination, he had to take a moment's pause to pass last night's dinner. Pushing aside the flyencrusted, half-eaten dog head he'd just found staring at him in dazed bewilderment—retch-gag-and enchantment—he plunged ever downward.

At the plateau of oblivion he ceased up, his eyes stinging from the crystilliferous gleam of a discarded MD 20 20 bottle. Moke sauce, he thought to himself, but classy nonetheless: the image of a half-eaten moke monster, head razored through his cracked iris. Further along in the maze of miscast mush he caught a fleeting glimpse of some Star Brothers Port: the MOR of Wineography. His fingers hurt. He persisted.

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