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Nov 15, 2021
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If we begin at the corner of Broad and Snyder, the watergaw of dawn breaking through grays and glass, then we can talk about the aging man who snatched a pigeon out of the air and walked away as if it was nothing — as if he had finally found what he was looking for while walking down the aisle of a grocery store like Wegmans or down through the streets …

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