Christopher Engel
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Rites of Passage Pastels

1 He not busy being born is busy dying

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2 Sometimes my mind flashes

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3 I am the Fountain of Youth

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4 Les joies de vivres... .

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5 We loved the smell of cut grass and the smell of our bodies

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6 We mingled with the fireflies and the stars

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7 My education begins

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8 It wasn't too long before I learned it was safer to repress rather than...

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9 Everything I love becomes a sin

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10 The seeds of despair are planted early

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11 Room for one more in a room full of men

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12 Determined to kill...

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13 I set out early...

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14 One Christmas morning

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I thought I was too old for scary dreams

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16 Well, er, yes my son, if you must do anything... masturbate...

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17 His hand and my hand

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18 His penis and my penis

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19 I was intrigued by the size of the horses penis, was that a sin?

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20 A reality or areality

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21 He could could sit there all night...

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22 I fly from indifference

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23 Death enters me through Lorenzo Bandini

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24 The Dishwasher and the Wiseman

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25 Even though I was afraid of “cooties” I surprised him by saying yes when he asked if he could use my comb

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26 Though we weren’t all that old we could sit and talk about God, the universe, politics and drink beer for hours

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27 Only one man other than my father ever made me cry

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28 Death enters me again through the sheriff of Saigon

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29 Venus, the moon and me

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30 Fear

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31 Fear's killer

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32 Thank you Bob Dylan

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33 I dreamed I slept in Vincen't bed

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34 I took another look at the universe

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35 Rebirth

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36 One more life to lead

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37 Rites of Passage as they appear on a gallery wall.

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