May 19, 2016
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Family

one of the most

pathetic things i

have seen recently

was an intoxicated person

trying to fall

down a moving stairway

it was the escalator at

the thirty-fourth street

side of

pennsylvania station

he could not fall down as

fast as it

carried him up again but

he was game he kept on

trying he was

stubborn about it

evidently it was part of

his tradition habit and

he did not intend to

be defeated this time i

watched him for an hour

and moved sadly away thinking

how much sorrow

drink is responsible for the

buns by great men

reached and kept

are not attained

by sudden flight but they

while their companions slept

were falling upwards

through the night — Don Marquis

(A “bun” is a bender)