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    Exiled from Main Street: the autobiography of a midwest town
    Exiled from Main Street: the autobiography of a midwest town
    Exiled from Main Street: the autobiography of a midwest town
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    Exiled from Main Street: the autobiography of a midwest town

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    A brutal and honest poetry collection, shining a light into the darkened corners of small town American life.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPhilistine Press
    Release dateMay 8, 2012
    ISBN9781301658893
    Exiled from Main Street: the autobiography of a midwest town

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      Exiled from Main Street - Philistine Press

      Exiled from Main Street: the autobiography of a Midwest town

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      Published by Philistine Press at Smashwords

      Copyright 2012 Philistine Press

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      Table of contents

      Clash City Rockers

      When we were five years old…

      The Keeper’s Tale

      The Coolerator Plant

      If Mary Tyler Moore had really lived here

      Reason #1 to not believe

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