Once, at least, the philosopher is mistaken: it wasn't the chimney at all; it was the furnacy land-breezes, which, stealing out from Portsmouth, had wrapped us in a sudden fiery embrace.
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Once, at least, the philosopher is mistaken: it wasn't the chimney at all; it was the furnacy land-breezes, which, stealing out from Portsmouth, had wrapped us in a sudden fiery embrace.
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Life in this great pretzel center is distinguished by the worst television reception enjoyed by any metropolitan American city – not even barring blast-furnacy Pittsburgh, runner-up for ghosts, blizzards, fadeouts and other visual blah.
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the work-weary pleasure of removing a coat when stepping inside an apartment; / the disappointment of having no fireplace; / the compensation of turning the heat way up. / the furnacy warm air blowing through the vent so differently from cold, haphazard rain.
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I know, yeah, this floor ... / We discussed it once. / Cool, concrete slab. / I lie on it when things are too furnacy / And my shoulders ache.
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