Portageville, Missouri
Sewage work? Sewage work is nasty.
Tunnel vision. I don't want to see people.
Don't be fast.
Probably about two hours.
Scott City
Truck driver.
Making everybody happy.
Listen to your parents. Do your job, I guess.
Well, I went for years, so I could probably go as long as I needed to. I really don't like phones.
Tennessee
Roofing.
Invisibility. I want to be seen.
Listen to parents more often.
Not forever, but for a while. Two months.
Cape Girardeau
Each person being themselves.
X-ray vision.
Always be yourself.
Forever. I'm not a phone person at all.
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