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Past Imperfect, Future Imperfect

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A proper study of human history should lead the student to an inescapable desire to commit suicide

Fear Us, Oh Yes.

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Start now. Make lists. Call long-lost friends. Say what needs saying. Raise hell.

Drunk Sonnet (for Meg Tuite)

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perjured like a fickle impulse

All the Broken People

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We all// fall short and fail.

Old men, old dogs

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old men with crispy sunburnt ears

At the Bar

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On the Nightly News a pedophile in an orange jumpsuit does a sashay of shame in front of a wolf pack of cameras and satellite feeds that surround the downtown courthouse. At the bar, a woman with big blonde hair and a rhinestone manicure says off with his head. A…

Derivative

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It’s not the money. The money’s/ just a way of keeping score.

The First Day

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One sentence

Appointment

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He stared at the mirror, his hair looked chewed up–severed by a miniature lawnmower.

Two Summer Poems When I Wanted Three

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That summer...

Now and Then

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We wore cowboy hats and jeans in the pictures. They both came off once his camera disappeared.

Endurance Capital

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Liz@Phil

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Liz didn’t steal his heart / she embezzled it

5 Star Ratings.

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But THIS is what happens when you collect genuine reviews. I began with a list of 50 of the greatest books of all time, according to the compiler of the list, and then went to a list of some of the worst best sellers in recent history, [scroll down] and t

Secrets

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The one he liked best was a middle aged woman who didn't wear underwear. She had a terrific figure.

My Wife

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My wife thinks I should be committed.

The Writer as Rapist

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She's at an artist colony in the state of Virginia. She's in her studio. She should be writing. That's what everybody thinks she's doing out here. Why else would she be in her studio alone at 3:00 a.m.? But there's an interloper. A new painter? Sculptor? Maybe he…

Brick Walls

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A flash in seven chapters.

The Player

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He played real good But never looked At no one Strong guitar Weak knees

Snake, Rope

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The snake was fang-less and so had to choke her, making the kill bloodless and drawn out, just the way she liked it.

A Debt No Honest Man Can Pay

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I'm sitting here listening to Nebraska and it's / breaking my heart

Okay, I'm In

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I get what you want done from me. You want the old one two sucker punch that goes straightaway through to the tenderest part of the aching heart, the one that tumbles you out of your old worn out gut wrenching way of living life for…

Escalation

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Don't fall to sleep.

Happy Hour

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We were in the car more than anywhere else. A few days driving, then a few days to get back home.

From the discovery of fire to a crypt slash restaurant

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Things Worth Saving

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It felt like I was somewhere I wasn’t supposed to be, like I’d walked into a house that looked like mine, but belonged to someone else.

Self Portrait with Google

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Try it with and without/ middle name or middle initial.// Try different keywords.

The August Heartbreak Suite of Sorrow's Poems

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My heart hurts as I miss you here./This was your intention, I know./ And nor is my reaction unique.

Owl Watching

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I attended the burial of our affair when I found her notebook— maybe it should be called her diary—that she had foolishly left on the deck of my beach house where she stayed while I was on that short trip to Chicago. Numb at first, unsure how to proceed, I went…

Gravity as Destiny

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Falling// is something that comes quite naturally/ to puffed up things. Like the soufflé