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UNDERCUT
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.PP
.ps 10
.DC I
 've had this haircut since 1920.  It's not my fault."
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.ps 10
Piotr didn't respond but continued to trace the shape of things to come.  Along my back.
.PP
.ps 10
"That part of my back is haunted," I claimed.  "Yeah.  Something nasty happened around those parts, some time in the past.  We don't go there."
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.ps 10
Piotr withdrew his fingertips.  Pulled down my dress shirt and tucked it back in.  He didn't make a face, exactly.
.PP
.ps 10
Back demons.
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.ps 10
Since the early 20s I'd been fighting them, off and on.  But mostly on.
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.ps 10
"Your posture."
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.ps 10
I didn't care.
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.ps 10
"How do you ever expect to recover?"
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.ps 10
In any case, this diversion was distracting from work.
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.ps 10
We let it drop.
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