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A LITTLE FAMILY HISTORY WE ALL HAVE LITTLE QUIRKS HERE ARE SOME OF COOP’S FAVORITE THINGS THE GREAT TUNNEL DISASTER THE DAY COOP LEFT HI, COOP NOVEMBER IS COLD HERE, PATRICK BUT I AM WORRIED ABOUT COOP I’M NOT GOING TO FLORIDA

TWO: BENEATH

THE POST OFFICE BUT THE MAN DIDN’T WAIT THE DAY PACK I FOLLOWED HIM RATS UP EARLY THE SAME SKINNY WAITER I DID NOT CALL BACK THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS MY GUIDE AWAITS TOO I HAD TO JOG HE HANDED ME THE EIGHTEEN-POUND TURKEY WE WENT TO TWO MORE DUMPSTERS THE LAST DUMPSTER IT STARTED TO SNOW I CHOSE THE BLINDFOLD SOMETHING HEAVY HERE I WASN’T HUNGRY ALL EYES COOP IS IN THE DEEP NEXT SUBJECT THE GIRL WITH THE SUNGLASSES COOP’S RECORDER WAS BROKEN

THREE: THE DEEP

THE DOG’S NAME KATE GAVE ME A LEG UP NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS …AND OVER MAYBE I SHOULDN’T HAVE LISTENED TO KATE A BARKLESS DOG IT WAS SOPPING YET SHE WAS SO KIND WE BOTH KNEW I HIT PLAY KATE STOPPED ON THE PATH THEY CAME I MUST HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP I YANKED THE EARBUDS OUT I MADE IT FORTY SUBTERRANEAN HOMESICK BLUES KATE HAD NO MEMORY OF HER PARENTS TWO DEAD IN DUMPSTER DUMPSTER DEATH THE ALLEY THE LIBRARIAN AND THAT’S WHEN HE APPEARED HE MIGHT BE A GHOST THE RIGHT PLACE I HIT RECORD KATE HAD A BIG SMILE ON HER FACE

FOUR: THE POD

WE TOOK THE RIGHT TUNNEL YOU DON’T NEED A WEATHERMAN TO KNOW CRACK HOURS KATE POINTED AT THE FAN A BEAM OF LIGHT WE TOOK OFF OUR SHOES 1300 THE CHRISTMAS BREAKFAST KATE SLIPPED HER SHADES OFF OVER THE BRIDGE LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT COOP LOOP KATE RETURNED WE REACHED THE RIVER STYX THE CANOE SHADOWS ON THE DOCK KATE STOPPED SOMETHING GROWLED THE LIBRARIAN HIS ROOM TIME TO GO ALEX DANE

FIVE: DAYLIGHT

DR. BERTRAND O’TOOLE DR. ARIEL O’TOOLE’S THIS CAN’T BE TRUE BEFORE I MARRIED OBVIOUSLY THAT’S NOT TRUE THEIR FIRST STOP ARIEL AND BERTRAND PLAY

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