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A dream that seems
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When fresh blood soaks the ground
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The rocket shone in the distance. Cape Canaveral had never looked so pretty.
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Still worried. I could use some more hope in my oatmeal.
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the visual field is an in-rushing city of refractions bouncing across the water.
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We woke up and we were whirlpools of spilt turquoise oil / with wings for flying
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Does modeling come easily to me? Am I made for the camera? Not exactly. When I pose for a shot, I feel, well, like a poser, really.
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My therapist told me I have post traumatic stress disorder My uncle had that He fought in the war I guess I fought in my own kind Not between countries Between children and father Between husband and wife Between addiction and sobriety When my father got…
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The old man tied his black tie and put on a black beret. His bones hurt, but at ninety-two it was to be expected.
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① / empty space / not black / not white / not noise / blanck
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Ben’s tactic for diverting Monique’s thoughts from the encounter with Zoë and the horrific episode in his dressing room was to dance, dance, dance.
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“It's not him,” Kelly says. “I think it might be,” says her Mom. The three of us are sitting on the long sofa facing the wall which is one …
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...though in reality it is a dirty white with brown splotches now appears to him as a fluorescent green garden snake.
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“What the hell, bitch?”
The words rolled out of my aching jaw. I twisted my legs around, kicking Lila out of the bed. She screamed, crashing to the floor. All I heard was barking. I threw a pillow at her.
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While serving in government, she plotted to change it.
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-No, just drugged, I remind myself. The hallucinations are more real, more accurate than before. While the dreams get more nightmarish, the hallucinations get more nostalgic. I prefer the nightmares. No one knows if this treatment will work, but what bett
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“But he's going to the University of Chicago!” “I know.” …
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When I was growing up–I know that begs the question–if I wasn’t gigging frogs or shooting marbles I used to wile away my idle hours by hanging out at my dad’s women’s clothing store.
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Soon the world is on film that is burning.
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One of the publishing industry’s dirty little secrets is that first novels sell much better than second novels. So why not enhance your chances for success by calling your second novel your first?
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There’s Julie-she’s the cineaste–
Au courant woman with a past.
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Let me tell you about extraterrestrial bingo: it's loud. They put the speakers over my head. And the microphone keeps moving. Most of the organisms here are old. And from another planet. I see a lot of tentacles. A lot of auras and bugeyes. Everyone seems to know the…
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Me and the wife are tucked away in our little house.
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I am skinniest in the morning. My belly forgets the previous day’s sins, and I wake up looking taut like a model. Then it starts.
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“Pupilo Durcál!” She yelled. “You stupid pendejo!” He limped along without another glance. Rosa suddenly realized her dreams all week were really omens.
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Kudzu obscures the gate where jasmine bloomed last summer.
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I hold dreams made of iron / that tip my spear of regret—
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The Cleavers were never really undone by anything. Everyone, however, has a limit. June manages it all, as usual, with her characteristic grace, lovely crinoline - and a bit of manipulation.
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She took a desolate road as the wind blew.
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