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Dark and Purple and Beautiful
Paul Arnaud
“I open the fridge and my drinks are gone and I think that it’s Sara or James, but they’re nowhere to be seen and I’m still sober and we’re not leaving till two. It’s not even midnight yet and the house is still full of people shouting and dancing and against every wall and in every dark corner some guy and some girl. I shut the door and wade through the kitchen till I find a discarded goon-sack resting on the stove …”