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i love you franz kafka
i love you franz kafka.
please call me when your trial ends.
my mother swears you must be guilty of something.
my mother claims we're all to blame.
she warned me about boys like you.
she said i need to watch out for the moody quiet ones.
i hope your cockroach is faring better.
my mother has actually met the supreme cockroach god she was about to impale it on her high heels when it spoke to her in tongues i only have one tongue,franz but i'm a quick learner.
my mother feels i should marry a doctor or lawyer.
there's something in your eyes,though
that gets me nervous and improvisational.
i'll finish one of your books,soon,i promise.
maybe i'll be in your next book.
my mother does not like the way you end your books.
she claims you suffer from a morbid personality.
i don't quite know what morbid means
but your eyes invite me to a wienie roast.
i hope we got mustard.
---Scott Wannberg 10/05/08

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