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The Ex

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In his mind, he could hear Eve’s voice, “We had some good times, didn’t we?”

Grounded

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No temporary solace upon this patch of earth, stymied in your injury; labored by your girth.

Hal and Estelle

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They had both discovered, though, that when people stared at them now, away from the carnival, it was very different. There, they were supposed to be odd, it was what people expected. Here, they were supposed to fit in.

Autumn

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Early morning cokeBottle. Did Katie callHeiddegger "Skippy"?Remember years backWhen we studied so hard andHa ha, just kidding.As you age, neverForget you are dying noFaster than before.

Quiet City

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I hope you'll have the time to read this before your attention wanders.

A Life of My Own - 3

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My father seems anxious about my gender orientation. I grew up looking like a boy, acting like a boy. He bought dresses and girly stuff for me but he avoided making an issue of it until recently.

O Where Did Our Funny Go?

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What a nation! First we lost our money Now we’ve lost our funny

Ethereal

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and any stain or streak/ is as you will or wish it

Bearded Lamb

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I was bleeding from the soul It took its toll I fell all the way down in a hole I saw some burning coal I didn’t know where the hell I was Or what went wrong As I sang some unholy song Where I did not belong There was a frozen carcas

extinguished

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The silence grew louder as it grew longer.

Suicide Watch

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It's good to be home. It's good to be home. It's very good to be home

Something Like the Promise of a Better Life

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Unhappiness is a necessary boon

Honey Bee Men

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"...she's been seeming like she's been dreaming while awake lately..."

Rhapsody in the Rain

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so many bills to pay the list keeps shedding its skin like a snake

Let’s Swing

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You don’t want to tango with me, she said.

Hands

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the moment he started walking my hands were given new tasks to do:

Hey, Boys, Bandits!

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I remember one time that summer I was with you (1964) going to a bar in maybe it was Melrose Park, or Northlake, or somewhere along Roosevelt Road closer to Chicago, not as far as Cicero though. I went there with a crazy gear-head named Roger Hudson, wh

Concave and Convex Images

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It’s all a matter of warped mirrors. As in the multi-mirrored passage I stood before as a boy

five discards or less

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weep or go stark mad your amanuensic fool will bury your words

Things Like This

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I'm an older guy. She is still quite young. I tell her I may be too old but she giggles and tells me that she did the research and it said because there is snow on the roof doesn't mean no fire's in the stove. She proved it. Things like this. We excite ourselves,…

I Hate You

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go ahead stick one more morsel into that piehole

Assiduity Fifteen

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I'm in love with Uzma Goef, a beautiful young woman less than half my age.

Mr. Smashface eats fast food at Supermarket # 9

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“Now God,” Mr. Smashface calls me out by name.

Mugabe Western

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They were self-contained, two nymphs in a photo booth. Maria wanted something different—love to spread across her face like a wide smile, a certain grace. Sometimes she had found love like that at parties.

Rejected Titles for Beyoncé’s New Album...

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Technique, Technique, Technique, Technique, TECHNIQUE!

Hundred Dollar Hit

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"My god," Toni said, bending over and tapping her head gently against the counter in fake anguish. "His ass in those jeans. Jesus. I should be young and lucky like you." Toni tapped her cigarette ash into the coin tray.

To Really Hear

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He's driving in the Sierra Nevada with his wife and their small daughters and the girls are fighting and he can't take much more of it.

Geek Squad

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Big hair shoulder pads hell no.

I Still Miss the Sun

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I know I’m in the sky all night And can lie back and sometimes have some fun But these stars around me aren’t everything in life I still miss the sun After your first lover threw you back Into the frozen ocean of life You never came back

Power

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You're thinking I don't have a conscience, right? I'm asking you.