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Gas Station Milkshake

Gas Station Milkshake

Convenience Stories: Chapter 11

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Joseph L. Flatley
Nov 24, 2024
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Sometimes everyone seems so sweet, so vulnerable, it’s almost too much to bear. I don’t know when I started feeling this way, perhaps it’s early onset male menopause or lack of sleep or something in the hypnosis? Hard to say.

I was cleaning a lottery ticket dispenser in one of those large, modern gas stations with fast food and an instant milkshake machi…

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