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i know henry louis gates.
i wouldn't call us pals, but i know him.
he used to tell me i looked like jesus.
what surprises me about this is that it is getting the kind of attention it is getting.
once it kept into the triviastream that passes for news, i figured that the result would be anything goes in terms of interpretation.
this thread has confirmed that.
this seems like the kind of thing that could happen to almost anybody.
the difference between almost anybody and skip gates is that he is who he is.
because he is who he is, you are reading about this relatively banal event and feel compelled to say stuff.
but it really is banal.
i don't know why this thread exists. i don't know why this is worth the time to comment on. i don't know why this is a news story.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
-kamau brathwaite
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