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I Believe… [Too Much Absence]
Don Hall
I Believe… [Too Much Absence]
Don Hall

...that some absence makes the heart grow fonder; too much absence makes the heart forget.

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Don Hall
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BUGHOUSE!
Nov 18
BUGHOUSE!

It’s BACK! Chicago’s most entertaining debate show—Six debaters, three topics, the art of the dialectic!

Five bucks at the door (Cash or Venmo)

Haymarket Pub & Brewery, 737 W. Randolph (the corner of Randolph & Halsted)

 

Darkness
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Darkness

“You alright?” asks the cop.

I try again. It’s harder and harder to breath. My chest.

“I can’t breathe. My sternum. It’s bursting out of my chest.” I lean on his car.

“Whoa there, fella, I just got it washed.”

“Please. Help me.”

The cop laughs. “Looks like you’re dying.” He stretches his arms back with a yawn, then straightens his hat. “Time for me go.”

“No.” Another gasp.

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