In a Cafe" I watched a man in a cafe fold a slice of bread as if he … - Richard Brautigan

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There's enormous progressive activism and, more often than not, success at the grassroots level - everything from living wage campaigns to efforts to finance our elections are having terrific success.

Richard Brautigan

In a Cafe" I watched a man in a cafe fold a slice of bread as if he were folding a birth certificate or looking at the photograph of a dead lover.

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