Don’t upset the applecart; it is so oversensitive and will nurse a silent grudge for years like it did with the peach basket and spread nasty rumors about you and the cherry picker, and, frankly, I’m too old to put up with this high-school drama bullshit.
Teddy Wayne’s
Unpopular Proverbs
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Teddy Wayne is the author of the novels Kapitoil, The Love Song of Jonny Valentine, and Loner.
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Turmoil.
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