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to say tonight has been disappointing would be an understatement.

It's not like I came out of the evening empty-handed or anything.

I made a sweet little catch just after the sun went down.

But the rest of the night, a total bust.

I've been driving these side roads for hours without a single bite. Normally areas like this

are a gold mine, not quite rural, not quite suburban.

Houses are spaced every quarter mile, many set back from the road behind huge lawns.

Some even have fenced pastures for front yards where horses probably run,

gallop and frolic, or whatever they do during the day.

I don't work during the day. There's no point. No, I'm a night owl. I hunt for the lone

ones that have wandered from home. I hunt for the lost ones who aren't sure who they are or where they fit into this world anymore

I hunt for the ones that think they're safe that nothing can get to them

That they are invincible They aren't safe, I can get to them. And once I have

them, they learn just how wrong they are about being invincible. But first I have to catch them and I have a very specific

taste so finding them isn't always easy. I drive and drive, the far-off city lights annoy me every time I take a turn and see them on the horizon

I could be home in bed

Dreaming and sleeping soundly I could wake up to a girlfriend or wife lying next to me. I could get up, put

coffee on, make breakfast, maybe make love to that girlfriend or wife, and then enjoy a cozy morning with my cup of Joe scrambled eggs

sexy girlfriend or wife and the morning news that's how normal folks do it right that's

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