There was a naked jock on my bed and a thing with tentacles coming out of my toilet. One of these things did not belong, and if you tell me that it was the naked jock, you shouldn't be reading this story.
Trust the tale, not the teller.
Eminent Outlaws: The Gay Writers Who Changed America
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Trust the tale, not the teller.
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