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Appetite
Randall Brown

Twenty-five crawdad tortillas, dozens of mint juleps, bong hits sprinkled with powder—cocaine, ecstasy?—and down to your last dime, you stood on the edge of the Quarter, arguing for a nitrous oxide-filled balloon on the house.

“You’ll just want more,” the salesman said.

“You’ll always be here,” you answered.

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