I poured the wine. As I poured it, a little hit the rim of the glass and ran down and pooled around the base of the stem. Hey, I thought, There goes my blood.

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I don't know what's happened to me. My writing has gone lame. Maybe it's just I aint doing enough of it. Maybe it's just I aint doing enough of it while drinking a bit of wine.

But I got that licked tonite