His smile was the nightmare in my back pocket.( Speaking about Ronald Reagan)

William Gibson
His smile was the nightmare in my back pocket.( Speaking...
His smile was the nightmare in my back pocket.( Speaking...
His smile was the nightmare in my back pocket.( Speaking...
His smile was the nightmare in my back pocket.( Speaking...
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His smile was the nightmare in my back pocket. When I was a child, my grandmother used to tell me that her father had an invisible monster in his pocket. Inside the pocket of the monster, there were knives and scissors and all kinds of things that could hurt you. She said that whenever he smiled at her, she felt the terrible monster in her back pocket. Even today, I still think of Ronald Reagan as the “invisible monster” in my back pocket.

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