William Gaddis - It rained; then it snowed, and the snow stayed on...

It rained; then it snowed, and the snow stayed on the paved ground for long enough to become evenly blacked with soot and smoke-fall, evenly but for islands of yellow left by uptown dogs. Then it rained again, and the whole creation was transformed into cold slop, which made walking adventuresome. Then it froze; and every corner presented opportunity for entertainment, the vastly amusing spectacle of well-dressed people suspended in the indecorous positions which precede skull fractures.

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It rained; then it snowed, and the snow stayed on the paved ground for long enough to become evenly blacked with soot and smoke-fall, evenly but for islands of yellow left by uptown dogs. Then it rained again, and the whole creation was transformed into cold slop, which made walking adventuresome. Then it froze; and every corner presented opportunity for entertainment, the vastly amusing spectacle of well-dressed people suspended in the indecorous positions which precede skull fractures. William Gaddis

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rained snowed snow stayed paved ground long evenly blacked soot smoke-fall islands yellow left uptown dogs creation transformed cold slop made walking adventuresome froze corner presented opportunity entertainment vastly amusing spectacle -dressed people suspended indecorous positions precede skull fractures

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