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...galaxies burst into an infinite slide-show of the absolute... god?
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We wonder if this is how we tangled in our mother's womb: hands to feet to heart.
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1566 13 7
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His note said: “I’m sick of low attendance.”
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1802 13 11
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When the planes crashed,when the levees broke,when the ground shook,there was a song I dreamed of,humming subsonic,a chorus of voices and prayersuncorked like the little brown jugthat holds all the love and memories.In the outback, Aborigines believewe create the world by…
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1556 13 8
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All the years since, until this morning, I'd thought the actor was James Gregory.
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1694 13 13
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Train whistles in wintertime made him feel lonely.
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1694 13 3
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As American as hotdogs and apple pie...
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1454 13 10
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You should never have believed your daddy when he said a man with half a dog was better off than a man with no dog at all.
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1375 13 11
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I was always more comfortable with the ponies than you were / more comfortable with betting windows and two-dollar bills than you were
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1955 13 4
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I was desperate for a social life but I couldn’t go out because I was too embarrassed to smile.
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1341 13 9
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Those who don’t die, desire, descend. No song aloft arises from my irk. The seeing chieftain, not of sea, nor sand, nor boat, I till nightfall stammer alive, dig boneless trenches against tiding dregs and lathe, hunt, wallow, plow the hours, call in awei
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1969 13 11
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that moon does not think (unless mineral thoughts) . . .
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904 13 10
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By the end of my Saturday night shift at the Oyster Bar I look like some kind of filthy nurse
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1980 13 3
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The two were huddled in a corner of an alley, joined by some others that I’m sure wandered into the darkness when they realized they were far from alone. That alley was the one off Market Street. I used to steal candy from the corner shop when I was nin
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Today I'm feeling fertilized by an egg—
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If I had a daughter, this it how it would be. It would be all, Stand up straight, missy, shoulders back, no slouching, and she'd be sulky, sullen, pouting, wilful, and I'd see in her eyes, which would be my eyes, that she was starting to hate me, and I'd
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1601 13 11
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As I go by I see five, six high school kids standing on the corner waiting for the bus. They are huddled together like a bunch of ducks....
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4. Hers blocking driveway, his diagonal in grass
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You drink in women's bodies, without reserve. You take a sip at the post office, a gulp at the gym, a teensy taste when we walk together. Tonight you even indulged as we were looking for a parking spot and passed some twenty-somethings, then followed up w
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1591 13 5
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That led to the first aid box on the bed at 3 in the morning, but what about those veggies?
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1852 13 12
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They confess love for Karaoke and metal rock. They have purchased expensive Stratocasters and Zildjians.
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1846 13 11
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When she opens the door, I say hi and introduce her to my friend, a bottle of J.T.S. Brown. She laughs and tells me to come on in before I fall down.
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1018 13 12
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The little Lady and I drove down to New Orleans to take in the Mardi Gras festivities we’d read so much about.
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1442 13 12
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The service was a disaster. The Protestants bobbed up and down. They didn't know when to stand, when to sit. I
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1647 13 8
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A lifeboat came by in the night,
And I finally saw we were sinking.
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2006 13 13
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He stays a couple of yards behind me as we slog uphill. I try to diffuse the tension with a coy toss of head, slip on wet leaves. My ankle rolls and I splat noisily down. From my new angle his beard looks less stylish—bristles straggle all up his neck. He maintains…
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1259 13 9
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rheumy eyes wink, gnarled hands pantomime
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2882 13 7
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Occupy Wall Street protestors in Boston complained that homeless people had taken coats, blankets and food donated to the fight against income inequality. “They don’t bring anything to the table,” said a spokesman at the information tent.
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The man who makes the noose
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