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One time you smash a bug with no mercy. Another time you find one helpless on his back with his legs flailing the air, and you flip him over and let him go on his way. The struggle that touches the heart.

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Charles Portis
Age: 86 †
Born: 1933
Born: December 28
Died: 2020
Died: February 17
Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
El Dorado
Arkansas
Charles McColl Portis
Time
Mercy
Air
Flailing
Struggle
Smash
Another
Touches
Back
Bugs
Find
Flip
Heart
Helpless
Way
Legs

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