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To Athene then.
Young Gnossos Pappadopoulis, furry Pooh Bear, keeper of the flame, voyaged back 
from the asphalt seas of the great wasted land: oh highways U.S. 40 and 
unyielding 66, I am home to glacier-gnawed gorges, the fingers of lakes, the 
golden girls of Westchester and Shaker Heights. See me loud with lies, big boots 
stomping, mind awash with schemes.

Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me by Richard Farina.

Thomas Pynchon: "Holy Shit!".