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MINNESOTA FATS DESCRIBES HIS YOUTH by ELIZABETH ALEXANDER

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First Line: I'VE BEEN EATING
Last Line: they would shoot me the grapes
Subject(s): FOOD & EATING; MINNESOTA FATS (FICTIONAL POOL HUSTLER);
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