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First, your face, fine, funny or effed-up, is just another splotch
on a blank wall in the unbuilt Halls of Evolution. Look around

the big blue and green ball that spawned us. These losers
are winners of the human race? These are the fittest? Just say no.
I’m a big fan of Darwin, but I’m ready to vote this stupid species

off the planet. Every time I finally open the yogurt again and see
that fuzzy, dusty ring of black and green on the curdy white curve,

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