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Dear Allen,
It is the middle of a blizzard and I write you important news. I have decided to come back. I throw down this challenge—whenever I definitely have a job to come to (next week or next year), at that time I will pack my bags and leave the East forever. I surrender completely, unconditionally, and happily.
Start praying for me. Start any magic that is still working, working for me. Inform the pinball machines for me. Write on every lavatory wall: THE MARTIANS ARE COMING HOME.
This is the most important news since the fall of France.
Love,
Jack
