WEEKEND SCENE walking in circles forwards or backwards the babe is smiling because she knows she'll laugh when she falls and the cats sit on the piano watching carelessly off to the side the TV shows cartoons or celebrities scratching themselves and talking seriously or someone who is actually burning somewhere the teen is upstairs in touch with her peers whose rooms and hair are also a mess while downstairs looking at the babe and talking idly the parents and the guest appreciate the soft sag of the used furniture
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