Nothing like an unfinished novel that's gone stale by the bed. So so sorry umberto! Slow reader me just couldn't keep up. Here's hoping Kundera's going to be better. 

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Dreamt a friend of mine was cross-eyed and already I smell a nice tragedy coming (or going? away?) ... Why is the wise man old? The psychic toothless? Why does the military man always have a gay son? 
 
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I want to be that kid dragging by twine (ala toy car/can) that missing shoe through the night.

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When what doesn't have wheels runs, Run.