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@@@@@"Her and me jus' loved it up eveh afternoon for all of two months, and she tol' me they wan't a man could equal me He lit a cigarette, and his eyes twinkled behind his spectacles"Ah'm a good fella, anybody'll tell ya thatThey ain't a damn thing Ah cain't fix, not a single piece of machinery eveh been able to lick me, but Ah'm a sonofabitch comes to womenThey's lots of women tol' me they neveh found a man like me He ran his hand over his massive forehead and through his pompadour of golden hair"But it jus' plays hell on a man when he ain't got a woman He took another drink"Ah got a girl waitin' for me in Kansas don' know Ah'm marriedUse to fool aroun' with her when Ah was at Fort RileyThat little ole gal writes me letters all the time, Red'll tell ya 'cause he been readin' 'em to me, and she's jus' waitin' for me to come backAh keep tellin' mah old woman that she better stop writin' me those kind of naggin' letters about the kids and why Ah don't send more money home, or Ah'm damn sure not gonna go back to herShi-i-i-it, Ah like that ole gal in Kansas better anywayShe cooks a meal for me that's fitten for a man to eat"Fuggin cracker like you, all you got time to do is screw and eat "What the hell's better?" Wilson asked mildly "A man can't get ahead, that's what," Gallagher said"You work your ass off, you want something for it He held his face numb"I got a kid coming, probably being born right now while I'm drinking, but I never had a fuggin break, that's the goddam truth He gave a little moan of anger, and then leaned forward tensely"Listen, I remember there was times when I'd be going out alone for a walk andI'd see things, and I'd know I was going to be something big"But there was always something screwing me up He stopped angrily, as if looking for words, and then looked off moo