All Things Rhapsodical

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On the dentist’s chair with a radio hit of 1978 in his ears

On the dentist’s chair with a radio hit of 1978 in his ears

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Alexander Riley
Mar 04, 2022
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He got into the chair while the dental hygienist made small talk.  How would human beings who did not know each other well ever be in the same space together without finding trivialities to discuss and without pretending that the trivialities they offered to one another were not trivialities, but vibrantly interesting insights about critically important…

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