(Don't) Help! I'm Locked in a Company Town
By Salley Shannon
I dreamed that I was living in a "company town," and it was pretty nice! A lot of things were free and everywhere I looked, there were only pleasing vistas.
Look at that store! Let's stroll over. Maybe they have the gray pencil skirt I was looking for last week.
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