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THE HANGAR

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The inside of an empty airplane hangar. An arched roof of wooden and steel lattice trusses runs the length of it, hung with rows of fluorescent lights. A wall of tall windows fills the far end with white daylight. The concrete floor is polished enough to reflect it, with ENTRY POINT B stencilled across the middle, and vehicles and aircraft sit in shadow along both side walls.

If I had a billion dollars I would buy an airplane hangar. Just an enormous empty steel box sitting out on some flat dead grass somewhere. Before I filled it with anything, before any of the estate sale runs, I would bring my friends inside to stand in the emptiness and strategize. The empty hangar would have a good echo I'm sure, so we would yell, just to hear it come back.

WOW THIS IS HUGE WOW THIS IS HUGE WOW THIS IS HUGE WOW THIS IS HUGE
          WOW THIS IS HUGE WOW THIS IS HUGE WOW THIS IS HUGE
                    WOW THIS IS HUGE WOW THIS IS HUGE
                              WOW THIS IS HUGE
                                        wow this is huge
                                                  wow this
                                                            wow
                                                                 w
                                                                 .

WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WITH IT WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WITH IT
          WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WITH IT WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WITH IT
                    WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WITH IT
                              YOU GONNA DO WITH IT
                                   GONNA DO WITH IT
                                        DO WITH IT
                                           WITH IT
                                              IT
                                              it
                                               t
                                               .

I DON'T REALLY KNOW YET
          I DON'T REALLY KNOW
                    I DON'T REALLY
                              I DON'T
                                   I
                                   .

I'M THINKING I'M THINKING I'M THINKING I'M THINKING I'M THINKING
          I'M THINKING I'M THINKING I'M THINKING I'M THINKING
                    I'M THINKING I'M THINKING I'M THINKING
                              I'M THINKING I'M THINKING
                                        I'M THINKING
                                                  ...

FIRST I COLLECT FIRST I COLLECT FIRST I COLLECT
          FIRST I COLLECT FIRST I COLLECT
                    FIRST I COLLECT
                         I COLLECT
                           COLLECT
                           collect
                            ollect
                             llect
                              lect
                               ect
                                ct
                                 t
                                 .

BARBERSHOP CHAIRS
          BARBERSHOP CHAIRS BARBERSHOP CHAIRS
                    BARBERSHOP CHAIRS BARBERSHOP CHAIRS BARBERSHOP CHAIRS
                              BARBERSHOP CHAIRS BARBERSHOP CHAIRS
                                        BARBERSHOP CHAIRS
                                                  chairs

AND THEN AND THEN AND THEN AND THEN AND THEN
          AND THEN AND THEN AND THEN AND THEN
                    AND THEN AND THEN
                         AND THEN
                              THEN
                              then
                               hen
                                en
                                 n
                                 .

MOTORCYCLES
          MOTORCYCLES MOTORCYCLES
                    MOTORCYCLES MOTORCYCLES MOTORCYCLES
                              MOTORCYCLES MOTORCYCLES MOTORCYCLES MOTORCYCLES
                                        MOTORCYCLES MOTORCYCLES
                                                  MOTORCYCLES
                                                            motorcycles
                                                                      cycles
                                                                            cles
                                                                                 .
                                                           
TAXIDERMY TAXIDERMY TAXIDERMY TAXIDERMY TAXIDERMY
          TAXIDERMY TAXIDERMY TAXIDERMY TAXIDERMY
                    TAXIDERMY TAXIDERMY
                         TAXIDERMY
                         taxidermy
                          axidermy
                           xidermy
                            idermy
                             dermy
                              ermy
                               rmy
                                my
                                 y
                                 .

PAYPHONES PAYPHONES PAYPHONES PAYPHONES
          PAYPHONES PAYPHONES PAYPHONES
                    PAYPHONES PAYPHONES
                              PAYPHONES
                                        payphones?
                                                  payphones?
                                                            payphones?
                                                                      phones?
                                                                                ...

CHURCH PEWS CHURCH PEWS CHURCH PEWS CHURCH PEWS
          CHURCH PEWS CHURCH PEWS CHURCH PEWS
                    CHURCH PEWS CHURCH PEWS
                              CHURCH PEWS
                              church pews
                               hurch pews
                                urch pews
                                 rch pews
                                  ch pews
                                   h pews
                                     pews
                                      ews
                                       ws
                                        s
                                        .

CAROUSEL HORSES CAROUSEL HORSES CAROUSEL HORSES CAROUSEL HORSES
          CAROUSEL HORSES CAROUSEL HORSES CAROUSEL HORSES
                    CAROUSEL HORSES CAROUSEL HORSES
                              CAROUSEL HORSES
                                        horses
                                                  horses
                                                            horses
                                                                      orses
                                                                            ses
                                                                                  s
                                                                                  .

STUFF LIKE THAT STUFF LIKE THAT STUFF LIKE THAT
          STUFF LIKE THAT STUFF LIKE THAT
                    STUFF LIKE THAT
                         LIKE THAT
                              THAT
                              that
                               hat
                                at
                                 t
                                 .

WHAT DO YOU DO ONCE YOU FILL IT
WHAT DO YOU DO ONCE YOU FILL
WHAT DO YOU DO ONCE YOU
WHAT DO YOU DO ONCE
WHAT DO YOU DO
WHAT DO YOU
WHAT DO
WHAT
WHAT
WH
W
.

BUY ANOTHER HANGAR BUY ANOTHER HANGAR BUY ANOTHER HANGAR BUY ANOTHER HANGAR
          BUY ANOTHER HANGAR BUY ANOTHER HANGAR BUY ANOTHER HANGAR
                    BUY ANOTHER HANGAR BUY ANOTHER HANGAR
                              BUY ANOTHER HANGAR
                                        ANOTHER HANGAR
                                                  HANGAR
                                                            hangar
                                                                      hangar