Word: vag
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...developed a conscience in you old age, he scorned; but if that isn't it, well what? Surely I'm myself, he thought. Surely that. But when I remember what I said and did I wonder how I could have seen so little of myself and my life. Vag broke his tension with a smile. Well, after all--dammit, no; I WAS a student vagabond, was, he repeated, and if I laugh I will be still...
...Student Vagabond." A snappy title, though Vag. I wonder what they'll think when they read it. Why wonder! I know, I know they'll analyze me. "He always had that atrophied acropolis, anyway, my dear; we all knew that. He couldn't fit in, that's all. Poor Vag--in a way I'm sorry for him, you know. After all, it isn't his fault. His parents kept him. . . ." No hope there, Vag knew that...
...down on paper now, anyway, Vag sighed. When the people outside know the rotten pulp, the idolatry, the waste--that's worse, he thought, the awful waste, when they know what I have seen, they'll. . . . what? Say something constructive, Vag. Talk is cheap. Remember the Maine. Faith over...
...Vag took off his watch and buried it under his address book. No point in getting frantic. Should have done this weeks ago, and then found he bad no more pencils, so he groped along the floor. Really shouldn't waste time like this, for tomorrow is only...
...Stand up and relax, the exam isn't tomorrow." His roommate banged into the room, articulating something about a new time for Vag's section. Vag tossed his pencil behind the desk again and noosed up his tie. "Let's go get drunk," he said...