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R L 'whoopeecat' Stephenson              Big Motherfucker
                  “Confessions of a Drive Thru Junkie”
R L 'whoopeecat' Stephenson


I know what you’re thinking.

“That is one BIG Motherfucker”
“No man …that is one Huge Motherfucker”
“Did you hear that stage screechin’ and screamin’
under his thundering foot steps as that Motherfucker
rumbled up to the microphone?”.............> > > read the rest

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