How often does the letter e occur in:
INTERVIEWER
What is your writing schedule now?
HOUELLEBECQ
I wake up during the night around one a.m. I write half-awake in a semi-conscious state. Progressively, as I drink coffee, I become more conscious. And I write until I’m sick of it.
INTERVIEWER
Do you have other requirements for writing?
HOUELLEBECQ.
–Michel Houellebecq, quoted in the Fall 2010 Paris Review
Everyone’s a blur
No one remembers who you were
No one really cares
Bob Dylan or Pierre Robert
The bard of South Street tarred & cowered
Your flower hour now deflowered
Born in ’52
Buddy Holly, Bob Beru
Never were a star
Just Grendel’s Lair & MMR
Troubadour or psychedelic
Mod or rocker or old relic
Everyone’s a bore
No one remembers a rock’n’roll whore
You & Bob Beru
Captain Noah & Tattoo
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nobody knows me like I know myself
I enjoy flowers, like everybody else
nobody knows me like I know myself
I enjoy flowers, like everybody else
watch her move when she walks out the door
watch her dance when she’s on the dance floor
maybe a silhouette, maybe more
watch her move when she walks out the door
& when I’m drunk, my intentions are wrong
I haunt the bars like I don’t belong
she wants me not but I want her badly
I want to be king but I love her madly
nobody loves me like I love myself
I enjoy flowers, like everybody else
nobody loves me like I love myself
I enjoy flowers, like everybody else
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I found one hundred and sixty-seven "e"s in the provided passage.
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