The Beat Scene
Mike Stand, Face, The, April 1981
"GOD HOLD you in the palm of His hand," said Saxa pulling the bedclothes up to his chin. "He close it and you are dead. Just move His thumb and He destroy the world. . .ah well, when your time come you gotta go."
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