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tales of suspension unicycle woe
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wot a cunt act

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radiohead
'just'(you do it to yourself)
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th 27 wheel wont fit

too much wheel runout

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maybe an extension of th unicycle hub mounting bracket

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hmm


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lucas th panel beater had a gander and
little brother ran his eye over it

craig stayed well clear
sensible boy

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it will work
just

might have to mount th 
uniccyle hub mounts

external rather than internal


still got

crank clearance problems

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kylie minogue
'obsession'
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yeah 
but what an obsession

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he threw me a fitty
so i'm out playin tonight


somewhere

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"i want a new drug dealer jennifer"
i'm not ringin er

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trust to karma
to point out th next one


she too slow and
painful to use

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having said that

she's generous

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k's havin a week off

so i umm


probly got like three days black work

which wouyld buy me a new unicycle hub


24 inch and

th boys all sayin


leave it as a 24

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joni mitchell
'big yellow taxi'
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yeah baby
you'll take paint off taxis


give me a brief time to get ya sorted

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course
th rego on th car is comin up

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fuck that
i'll take a loan for that

like last year

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its my birthday present to myself little brother

a working


out there

suspension unicycle

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gives me ten days

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have to be a mig welder job
if we use th

new unicycle hub design

"it had to happen"

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kevin bloody wilson
'wow did i get whacked'
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we chop up a
26 inch
suspension bicycle next time paulie

"k"

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i'll keep an eye out
in my travels

for an old style

unicycle hub

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"i dont mind respoking"

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four cones of 
dried green and

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scuse i

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.
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tryin to decide

am i flyin on th unicycle


on vodka or bourbon

tonight

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"maybe beer"

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since my other lady dealer got busted

things just havent been th same

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it cost me fifteen in travelling money
to pick up a 25 th other day

that just aint

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it just aint

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th headphones have died
so i'm without music again

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have to take ambient

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falling joys
'lock it'
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th 24 hub in th prototype
sounds like it's got rocks in it

"beach sand"

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th wheel completely shagged

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"i'm impressed it scares th boys so much"
"hasnt turned a wheel yet"
"just a half wheel"

"in testing"

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th nephew was like

it's gunna be too tail heavy


half a mountain bicycle

shock still attached


put th earlier protype alongside it

half bicycle frame

reversed


with 27 uni wheel




look see young fella


almost exactly th same angles and



just th weight of this bit to contend with

not as heavy as


bongos balanced right on th tail


she'll ride

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wasnt too sure till i

put th half fucked surf unicycle alongside it


huge smiel man


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steal this

i kill you

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brother and th nephew have
gone to th car show

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c'mon little brother
yur a good fabricator

cum up with a fix

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jimmy barnes
'flame trees'
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we talked heatin th frame and

bending


but th wheel runout is too savage


dont really wanna remove th 
triangular bracing
internal in th swingarm

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wot's robbie building ?
he wants th handlebars and gooseneck

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maybe an extension plate

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and reverse th
bolting procedure

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we still gunna have crank clearance problems paulie

"dig it"

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"it's modification"
"it's wot ya get"

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i could get a special hub made up

standard bearings and


lace th wheel myself

"36 hole ?"

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well 48 if we wanna go bush

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"hang on "
"wot are we building?"

mountain unicycle
with a swingarm

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do re mi
'man overboard'
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it'll work

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yur gunna spit me
arent ya, ya  bitch

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bit like th first seven american astronauts

th boys already squidgin

i havent doen th deed yet

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they've seen me ride


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it's gotta be better
for crossin th traffic islands

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havin to air down
on bigger tyres

to get effective suspension

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th 24 frame so spread now
to run th rubber

she's fuckin bowlegged

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i wont have her ready to ride
tonight

so th 24 is
gunna hit some street furniture


"beer i think"

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do re mi
'warnings moving clockwise'
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umm

the unicycle man has some fire in th belly today


if yur not on th edge

get out of th fuckin road

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doesnt it hurt when ya crash ?
"no man, i'm too fuckin wasted"

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still havent broken a bone unicycling

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th weather's too crappy
to go out and hit a skatebowl


lookin into th eyes of a little boy
as i crest th top of th wall on one wheel

would take th edge off

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man i wanna ride that thing

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pulled a bunny hop on it
with all th bolts fingertight and

a collapsed wheel
and


all good

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nirvana
'smells like teen spirit'
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thanks media player

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ridin around th environment
i'm gunna be lookin

wot can i take on ?

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i love steep slippery
river banks

in th wet leaves
th knobbies

just slip predictably and
if ya fall down 

who gives a fuck ?

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better trashed of course

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dont wanna female drug dealer anymore
rather live with th sore testicles

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if i went back to beer
as my primary

painkiller
there'd be a

personality change
sure

but umm
i can live with it

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pot makes me tame
well kinda

i still jump th centre divider of th road

on a  unicycle
after midnight but

i do it selfconsciously

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the red  hot chilli peppers
'track no04'
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th cops took one look at me
drivin to th shops before

and pulled a ewie

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didnt catch up with me
did ya

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th fro is a bit out there today

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i need a three hour ride on th wheel

just arguin with myself over th venue

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the fortitude valley
has th least amount of street furniture

but a bigger walking crowd
mindless missile sprites to th unicyclin surfin crowd

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foo fighters
'learn to fly'
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i wanna go surfin

flyin on my unicycle but

i want a challenging ride

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after all this rain
all th sidewalks will have more traction

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"and th big drains will still have running water"
"and no rocks"

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hmmm

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"and no fucking traction"
"all mossy again"

i've done it

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"here smoke this"

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scuse i

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.


all th boys were around earlier
craig was gunna cart th cat away

jeez mate i dunno

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massive attack
'protection'
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th jag's had two dogs livin in it

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he dint cart it
still here

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finally got
little brothers fax machine programmed
so it only takes th faxline


complicated beast

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put that body over a range rover chassis craig



ah well


i;ve planted th seed


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that jeep sounds wild man

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"lemmee loose in his workshop"
"he turned out a beautiful shortie rangie"

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i checked th trading post
no unicycles

so many of em seem to
just sit under th stairs


"or ride back and forth"

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nah man i wanna cut it up

i chop bicycles and make unicycles

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fuckin girls bikes
there's too many of em

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safety bicycle

ugghhhhhhhhhhh

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ya sit down to pee

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well jennifer two unicycle
i've seen five little boys


eyes open wide
lookin at yur next incarnation

and we're only up to trial fit stage

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my first prototype
i welded together


no unicycle hub
and rode twenty feet


on half a bicycle before it collapsed

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the offspring
'the end of the line'
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ta

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picked up th mess

chucked a big smile


rewelded it and

put it on a stand


and whacked it in th lounge room

as a piece of art

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and built th real thing with a unicycle hub

a couple years later

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paitence

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doctor alive
my patience dont die

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"shutup jenny"

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"grind off that axle holder off th bottom of a modern one and"
"weld it"
"to a bracket"

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powderfinger
'how far have we really come?'
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half a pedal

it works

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shit no craig

i aint givin up smokin


then i can smell women

i'm sensitive enough


let it go

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ya mouthy cunt

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midnight oil
'luritja way'
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the verve
'velvet morning'
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tenacious d
'rock your socks'
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it's that fuckin humid
th sharks are overtakin ya in th street

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oh it;s got one wheel and
a shark fin on th bike hat

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that is cool man
"tell me about it"

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machine gun fellatio
'line of silver'
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th headphones have died so

i'll be hearin th 



where's your other wheel ?

shit


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beer i think

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gotta trek to th pub shortly

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pink floyd
'sheep'
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<<<smile >>>

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ya gotta have edgecutter

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take th edge off
reality's too harsh

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will i take pooh bear off

th 24


strapped to th frame upside down

ya fat cunt


nah maybe not

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"little brother was ringin pooh to take her"
"son to th carshow"

not related paulie

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"<<smile >>>"

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i'm goin to lose

the adelaide street bus stops


my fave slalom course

cause they're puttin a  bus depot

under king george square


heavy sigh

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all th sheep sit
politely
waiting for their bus


i shark my way thru and
go round things no bicycle can


on my way to th car
for another bourbon

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fuck man

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th city just wont be th same

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but there's lotsa other
street furniture to ride around and

you ppl
walkin hither and thither


now can i get round that post

thru th crowd gap and

back round th next post



yeah


easy as

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a really good surf is about

an hour in th saddle

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gets zen after an hour or so

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no feet
pedallin a flywheel

that stores inertia just



think left

go left


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"till it breaks traction"
cool

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might air down tonight

feel like slidin

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ben folds
'brick'
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half brick on standby

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when th local markets
bitumened their paths i

cried


my favourite unicycle sliding place


decomposed granite gravel and


slippery



places change


something you take for granted





disappears

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everywhere

i ride on one of my unicycles


ppl smile



it's addictive


that smile


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course

yur jaw hangin


unable to smiel and

more importantly

unable to talk


that's much better

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usually only takes


jumpin off th gutter

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you impress easily lady

th boys want at least twenty bunny hops

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how will it bunnyhop ?

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much less unsprung weight
"dickhead"

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placebo
'sleeping with ghosts'
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no
riding a unicycle that aint fully built yet

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tryin to grok it and

paulie wont let us 


bolt everything up

and make th fucker work


while we're still online


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wont share that first ride

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just under five hours net access left

and counting


i'll be off soon paulie

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"it's my ride"

"it's not fucking about you"

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i ejaculate
therefore i am
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.
.
the land surfer
pirate jenny(witchdoctor)

p.s.

tom petty
'free falling'

[rolling along on a flywheel]
    

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