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Denis Johnson / Our Feature by the Waters
The tide is out. The sea stinks like a sewer. An airplane lays itself down like a hand upon the world. There's a drive-in theater over there, eleven thousand tons of sand changing imperceptibly in its embrace, and one blank and horrified janitor with a face that looks...
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