Thats how it goes with Dag. No fooling. She stops right in front a Robbies door and even though her face is painted up silver I can tell shes going slow motion to see if I think shes beautiful. Theres no fronting required on that. My fool heads nodding. Just nodding and nodding cuz I never saw anything so beautiful in my whole life. She smiles and my heads about to pop clean off cuz it reminds me how Dags the whole package, beautiful for sure, Id hit that no doubt, but also full a intellect and imaginative and helpful and talented. Shes a clever bitch too cuz her secret ass costume is nothing like I guessed. No princess, no fairy, none a that predictable boring ass business.

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Shes done herself up like a fly. Fly arms and fly wings and fly eyes and the whole thing so sparkly it hurts to look. But think on it. Thats how flies are. They sparkle in the sun same as ticks sparkle on a dog with the main difference that flies dont suck blood, theyre flying free. This outft isnt something Dags folks bought at no store. Girlfriend invented this all by her dang self.

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Shortys got six arms. Two real arms plus four skinny fly arms. When I look close I spot the tiny yellow numbers that inform me its pipe insulation. The reason I know about pipe insulation is one time Robbie purchased a bunch. I dont know why. To insulate some pipes, I guess? Fat boy never insulated nothing though so me and Midget devised famous swords from Middle Earth. Pipe insulation makes sweet ass swords but let me promise you a fact. It makes fly arms even better.

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On Dags head shes sporting big fly eyes built out a what looks like styrofoam plus ten tons a red glitter. Glitter all over her outfit too and her shoes as well and also the ground. For real, theres a whole trail of glitter from where she came from and thats the most magical thing of all cuz Yellow Streets the most ugly ass street you ever knew but now its glittering. Come morning, that glitter will be gone down the sewer but tonight? Tonight Dag did something special for all our asses.

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Dag does a slow twirl. On her back shes attached fly wings and theyre as gorgeous as any stuff made in the history of stuff. Its so gorgeous I choke like a chump. Theyre sculptured out a wire but Dag bent it all intricate so it has designs like maple leafs and ocean waves and fiery flames. Stretched across the wire is something thin and glisteny like saran wrap and when the breeze blows it flutters like the most delicate thing.

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