A modest proposal

Perhaps I have no appointment with destiny and will simply sit and wait my turn with ever-longer hair like the old man in a barber shop. And maybe there will be no prince with flashing eyes and fiery steed to come and carry me away. It's possible, I think. Could be, beyond my dreams, there is only you. Shall we stand in line together? ``They also serve'' We just might, too.

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