The Sadness of America

[Peter Fellows-McCully]

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> > 
> > And this is a part of the sadness of America.
> > 
> > Bekah

Is this part of it too?

".....She said she was going to join a church as soon as she decided
which one was right.
   She never _did_ decide. She did develop a terrible hankering for a
crucifix, though. And she bought one from a Santa Fe gift shop during a
trip the little family made out West during the Great Depression. Like
so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense
from things she found in gift shops."

[Kurt Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse 5]

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