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In Hell the Units Are the Gallon and the Fuck

BY ANTHONY MADRID

THE unit of wine is the cup. Of LOVE, the unit is the kiss. Thats

here.In Hell, the units !e the "llon n# the fuck. In $!#ise, the #!op

n# the "lnce.

Ants !e %& he!o. The& #e'te n# o'e&. The& cn sit t t'le fo!Ei"ht hou!s, #!win". The& spot out the un#e!(theo!i)e# . . .

H*e so%e. +o! the& !e s 'un#nt he!e s the ecks of %ic inthe Iow ni"ht sk&.

-ht !e twent&(si#e# #ishes of fnc& l%on#s -ht use /ewels

HE is 01li#1s. YO2 !e nothin". O! !the!, &ou3!e t!& of stinlesssteel cones.

Menwhile, one opensKumrasambhavato !in'ow(colo!e# c!&stlspointin" e*e!& which w&.

Nice t!&. You3!e tnk('uil#e! 'ut &ou !efuse to 'uil# tnks. An# sonow &ou !e to 'e wtche# o*e!

B& th!ee hecklin" 'i!#s, e*ill& n%e#, #isco%4tin" to chil#!en.

Fijate!&ou3!e to 'e wtche# '& th!ee fowl, co%%onplce in +lo!i#.E*en these

Th!ee he!t& o'/ection'les5 the 'lue tit, the woo#pecke!, n# thesw%pcunt.

I3% one to tlk. I3% so twiste# up, %& onl& hope is 6len. M&ph&sicl the!pist,

-ith the e&es of Athen, n# the hn#s of #est!o&in" e"le.

BETWEEN MYSELF AND A L!E" F S#ENSE"

BET-EEN %&self n# lo*e! of 6pense!, the!e is chs% fo!which no '!i#"eIs lon" enou"h o! st!on" enou"h to withstn# the 'lstin" win#s.

An# if &ou cli%' #own the si#e of the chs% to t!& to fo!# it t the'otto%,You3ll 4n# t the 'otto% of the chs% is RIVER hot s 4!e.

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The sou!ce of tht !i*e! is te!s7myte!s, wept "nshin" %&teeth5Out!"e#, he#ch& te!s, wept htin", htin", htin"8

An# &este!#& on the su'w& I c!osse# %& le"s so *i"o!ousl&,I kicke# the BOO0 out of the hn#s of the pe!son sittin" ne9t to%e.

I kicke# it so h!#, it left #ent in the !oof.Oh, n# ntu!ll& the cops we!e on %e in secon#8

MADRID: ti%e fo! "etw&:A little romantic getaway.Let us hie ou!sel*es to the su%%it of Rock ;lcie! ;!in#in"Mountin.

IN THE STNES F A BULL

-AR(we!& "ene!l, %nfull& s?@ st!ophes 'e"n s %o!e thn hun#!e# n# fo!t&(4*ethousn#,But I h*e scisso!e# out ll the #istichs I /u#"e# o'scene.

In this uni*e!se p!cticll& nke# of !esons to "et to know onenothe!,-e nee# e*e!& e9cuse we cn "et8

Youn" wo%n wlkin" the !o# to Ro%e, with 'ook of Ltinpoet!& in &ou! /cket,=o%e o*e! he!e n# !e# so%ethin" lou#, to %&self n# to %&

f%il&.

I"un3s no kin# of owe!5 onl& %uscul! !ow of tho!ns.The #ew& !e# petls !e elsewhe!e. A!e in the lickin" %outh of #o".

I % "oin" into the p!&e! !oo% I % intent on s&in" p!&e!. I

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h*eMe%o!i)e# the un!h&%e# sonnet tht 'e"s fo!"i*eness of those welo*e.

In the 6TONE6 of 'ull stn#s House of Rep!esentti*es.To"s !e still in fshion the!e7lso the 9e n# the f""ot ofsticks.

6&s MADRID5 The 'uck n# the !ooste! nest in %& pl%.The!efo!e let the foun#tion of %& f%e 'e %& openhn#e#ness.

THE TEM#TE" WILL G US NE BETTE"

=RO-(in(the(p!kin"(lot knows not to wste wo!#s. His %e!e looksticks +o!k into the woul#('e lo*e!3s hn#.

In the fte!life, thin"s !e chep. You cn 'u& te% of o9en fo! penn&.+o! nickel, &ou cn 'u& two '!!els of pow#e!, with %tch n#'ullet suit'le.

O plnet('tte!in" wo!kin" 'oot, top(full of ss kicks,You! ;e%ini lo*e! hs !un o. Hs steppe# out of &ou! o!'it.

I will tell the #isconsolte thei! 'usiness I will spek !ou"hl&.I will !eopen the %etl ccount 'ook with the n%es ll st!uckth!ou"h.

The plush un#e!lip of the ;!et Mle Beut& is tense, hs lost itscolo!:The ;!et 6ensuous Hn#s !e t!e%'lin", look: The&3!e tu!nin"'ck into hoo*es.

=o%es #& we ll "o nke# ll we s& will 'e un#e!stoo#.The Te%pte! will "o us one 'ette! then. He3ll know e9ctl& wht to#o8

Aw, cool it, MADRID. 6et si#e tht 'ook of c!uelt& poet!&.You! sins !e ll 'ehin# &ou7p!o*i#e# &ou3!e 'ckin" up.

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THAT SHE IS IN L!E WITH A W"ET$H LI%E THAT

THAT she is in lo*e with w!etch like tht su!el& !"ues she hsno soul.6o how is it this soulless c!etu!e is e*e!&one3s sec!et i#el

Hello, scle!otic %ple: Hello, /u*enile hone& locust: Hello, whitesh+ull of hocke& sticks, n# 'losso%in" no!the!n ctlp:

M& %othe! knocke# o thi!# of he! thu%' with /ust(sh!pene#!%& htchet.Not #!op of 'loo# 'ut !the! +LAME c%e out.

6he h# to hol# he! hn# in pn of wte! fo! upw!#s of %onth.$eople c%e ll the w& f!o% the ne9t *ill"e to wtch the wte!'oil.

At -heton -oo#s Ele%ent!&, we showe# no wnt of ente!p!ise.-e stu#ie#=losel& tht pi! of se9& &oun" teche!s s%okin" in the school&!#.

An# when shll I e*e! feel %o!e the poet thn I #o, !i"ht thissecon#The sk& is 'lue the 'nk si"n s&s it is se*ent&(th!ee #e"!ees7

An# to#&3s the #& MADRID3s to h*e his he# st!uck o inthezcalo.All the ki#s wnn see the "int switch'l#e of o!n"e 4!e tht3s"onn !ocket out of his neck.