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Notes Written on Basil

from Petronius' Last Meal by Afton Wolfe

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Based on a short story by Dave Eggers, Notes for a Story of a Man who Will Not Die Alone"

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He doesn't want any crazy dancing, just red wine and ""Darling, You Send Me""
And not everyone in the crowd can sing, but there are thousands and thousands.
""Darling, You Darling, You Send Me""
What do wear to someone's death? What was Petronius' last meal?
We drive down Union and take a left, just like so many times before.
The girls will be present, reserved, and polite and the booze will keep the bruises away.
As patriarchy turns to slumber and dusk turns to night, this was just another way to embarrass them.
""What have we done?"" On the devon with outstretched arms
no difficulty leaving a cold, white room
""Go to sleep old man. You are certainly not alone.""
Some people say they want to die in their sleep, but I think ""My God, what a horrible dream.""
Me, I want to get shot in the gut and bleed to death right there on the 50-yard-line,
and watch them all silently scream.
This is it, and this is it, and this is it, and this is and this is it, and this it.

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from Petronius' Last Meal, released September 26, 2020
written by Afton Wolfe and Lauren Plum

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Afton Wolfe Nashville, Tennessee

Afton is a product of his home, Mississippi. It is the birthplace of at least 2 American art forms: country music
and blues music. Meridian is the birthplace of Jimmy Rodgers, while the Mississippi Delta is the
birthplace of the blues, and the first rock n’ roll notes ever played, according to some music historians,
came from Hattiesburg. Afton also draws much of his style from nearby New Orleans. ... more

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