"That fool bird was just out there in the middle of nothin', chipping away at the goddamn rock," Momma Bones told Willis as she downed her second Coors.

"A bit like you," Willis thought as he opened a tin of sardines, but he kept that idea to himself.

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Momma Bones

Dust (Willis)



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