Excerpt from Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

[carkass]

Another true thing that Billy saw while he was unconscious in Vermont was the work that he and the others had to do in Dresden during the month before the city was destroyed. They washed windows and swept floors and cleaned lavatories and put jars into boxes and sealed cardboard boxes in a factory that made malt syrup. The syrup was enriched with

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[thislittleboy]

it says so much, doesn't it? i love this book.

[carkass]

yes it does, though i don't know why.
this book affected me so much.
it was my first vonnegut.

how are you? i've found myself talking about you lately:
'my friend in philidelphia.' though i don't remember why.