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Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)
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We Are People Here. We Are Not Numbers
In the infancy of our relationship, when we were almost exclusively hanging out together with friends, Cathy and I went to St. John's Applefest
It was held every fall in the parking lot of the Catholic church I had attended as a youth, converting the quarter-mile of parish grounds into a second-rate carnival full of cheap thrills and poorly-maintained rides
We meandered through the crowds like tourists, eventually ending up at the pirate ship at the far end of the fair Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com
(A mechanical boat that rose into the sky, then swooped back down in the other direction like a swallow diving for insects)
Cathy was nervous and began to fidget, refusing to get in line before our friends and I talked her into going
When the ride started, any romantic idea I had of holding hands or an embrace was quickly abandoned when I saw the white-knuckled grip on the safety rail like she feared for her life
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