All nighter

We drifted between McDonald's and the university library. We were not hungry for fries or learning but they were the only places open 24 hours. At McDonald's the crew and the security guy started greeting us by name. They dropped in an extra nugget, another half-scoop of chips. At the library, there was nobody, and the lights went off everywhere we weren't, and our fingers were too greasy to handle all the books we didn't want to read.

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Jamie Larson
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