Overheard

Pre-Spam Odd Emails

Once upon a time, at the Terminus of Next-to-all Roads, Rogue and Retrieval, two murdering wolf-bred brothers, raised a rose-red city 1/2 as old as t-t-times.

WHO: A random email I got long ago from a Romanian address
ABOUT WHAT: I have no idea, but here's the rest of it...

Subject: Broke the line

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Tackling Naming Rights, those nasty rascals watched ominous birds: six
vultures to one, 12 to the other.

brother wolf jumped over the wall--but Thirsty Nife Reddened.
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the 1/2 a twin left (that's six) Then New Remorse.

1 tries not 2 remember.
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do you understand me?
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please understand. please.
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brother killing brother: n-n-newest story in the book (Tale, Novel,
Romance).
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1 (where once was) 2
1 (where should have) 2
1 (where must be) 2
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