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A Plate of Red Bean Soup and My Parents’ Animosity Towards Each Other
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A Gun in the Bum, a Bomb on a Horse and a Colombian Prayer
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A Loogie on the Face
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The Stories We Tell To Help You Part With Your Money
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I Used to Steal Cheese Danishes from Starbucks
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