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the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Kokubunji, 2020.09.18

Mari spoke to the landlord about a nest of paper wasps that she'd spotted hanging from our bedroom balcony. The exterminator said it was the largest he'd seen this year, but nowhere near the largest they'd dealt with this year from all pest species. That honor went to a beach-ball-sized mess of Japanese hornets.





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Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to satirize it. Which is rather ridiculous, when you think about it.

—Lenny Bruce