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The Tollbooth Martyrs

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The tollbooth martyrs, 21 - 56, leave their lives at the gate and beneath the standard issue crucifix, push their summers to the side of the plate/Live their lives through diaries, can't get jobs in libraries/Live their lives through diaries, can't get jobs in libraries/The calendar model, long-retired, expecting her third, joined a choir/The saucer of coins marks off the years from college to dole to tollbooth cashier/Live their lives through diaries, can't get jobs in libraries/Live their lives through diaries, can't get jobs in libraries

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cultjam On Aug 30, 2006

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