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Through A Crack in the Pavers's avatar

I was one of those weirdos in 1986, Kary! I would've gone with you. :)

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Kary Hess's avatar

That would have been great!

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Scott Hess's avatar

I like the way you convey this. - and I learned something new about you.

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Carolyn Cooke's avatar

Kary, you capture the Lynchian allure in a nutshell, the darkness massing under the flat surface of the culture like an alligator crawling under the wall-to-wall carpet. Your lines bring up some of my favorite memories of watching Twin Peaks: "From the pure, dreamy Laura Dern (who seemed older than 16, even though she actually was) to the easily-influenced Kyle MacLachlan, to the freaky Dennis Hopper, and of course the sexy, 30-something Isabella Rossellini, the characters all offered something I didn’t even know I wanted: reckless courage in the face of an heretofore unseen, enigmatic foreboding." Wonderful piece!

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Kary Hess's avatar

Thank you Carolyn!

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