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I was sprawled out in my usual position on the couch, half asleep but entirely drunk, torturing myself by tearing memories out of my mind at random like matches from a book, striking them one at a time and drowsily setting myself on fire.
I was sprawled out in my usual position on the couch, half asleep but entirely drunk, torturing myself by tearing memories out of my mind at random like matches from a book, striking them one at a time and drowsily setting myself on fire.
Approximate author period: c. 1970 AD · modern
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- Jonathan Tropper
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- Approximate author period: c. 1970 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Jonathan Tropper: documented birth year 1970; activity date not established. Wikidata Q1330299, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1330299 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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