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...r /> After all he was not going to Mexico to lay on the beach and enjoy the underage consumption of alcohol like everyone else his age did, no, he was going to build houses for people who didn’t have any, or rather had only a random occurrence of cardboard and plastic bags that, by Mexican government standards, did not qualify as a house. Hence long hours outdoors, hence haircut, hence bald spot.
Joey’s hair looked best, he thought, in the reflection of his neighbor’s tinted car windows. The dark black matte allowed for, from some angles, a nearly seamless blend of hair-to-scalp, a thing he had once taken for granted. However, inside Joey’s house there would be only clear, truthful mirrors, and an even more honest and sarcastic family. Leaving the delightful, lying eyes of his neighbor’s Honda Civic he made his way towards the translucent glass that composed the front of his home.
Joey’s hair looked best, he thought, in the reflection of his neighbor’s tinted car windows. The dark black matte allowed for, from some angles, a nearly seamless blend of hair-to-scalp, a thing he had once taken for granted. However, inside Joey’s house there would be only clear, truthful mirrors, and an even more honest and sarcastic family. Leaving the delightful, lying eyes of his neighbor’s Honda Civic he made his way towards the translucent glass that composed the front of his home.
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