A Peak

When, for the first time he publicly shot an associate in the face, the old mobster signaled an end to his closet dealings and a beginning to his meetings inside walk-in safes, which led to cement crypt symposiums, and so on. If any place had foot-thick walls and faces asking for some pain, he was there. Sometimes he thinks he still is.
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NBC was ridiculous in its narrow one horse coverage
of the Belmont Stakes.
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"The U.S. was democracy's beacon. That legacy used to be
in good hands." Who said that?
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The puritan-on-citizen bondage technique
Has been copied by each and every other freak
For centuries of years
And centuries of tears
The wormhole of futures gave US a peak.