On the bayou, dock lights rippled on the water between the crab traps. The red glow of autumn sunset streamed through the sycamores and palms.

Upon the Alamo, the amigos laid siege with unrelenting salvos of accordion polka tunes that German immigrants had inflicted upon their ancestors, who mistook it for music.

I put down the Rolling Stone, having finished "How America Lost the War on Drugs," subtitled, "After Thirty-Five Years and $500 Billion, Drugs Are as Che ...

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