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The man is middle-aged, although not rich, and the girl, aside from being very young, is not exceptionally pretty. But she has recently shed twenty pounds for the express purpose of looking fabulous on…
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140363
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I can tell you all about rock bottom.
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140246
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Two cars smashed together, the sky started to look like a foot infected with gout...
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140221
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The Kharal kept us safe, we knew, kept the colony functional in the oft belabored effort that was living our small, human lives surrounded by death, for in their ring of constant invisible protection, when they did not come, we thrived. It was not as tho
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140266
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My father was dating already. Her name was Shelly. She had a man-like body, buck teeth and red hair, a big forehead. I don't know what bog she climbed out of. She wanted to fill in for my mother, but I locked her out of my room. I just wanted to be sad and hold…
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14021914
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Co-polar order spectrum; strobe genre (the disco light of the 70s illumining and eclipsing fiction-non-fiction-non in one "article"); UTAH! a jump from forehead-down to standing fast, a cheer, for genre studies.
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140263
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In his fridge he had one piece of meat. He hadn’t been expecting me. I cooked it for him and watched him eat.
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140272
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You look just like your mom
she says
I LOL her and say, funny
cuz you look just like yours
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14021615
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You might as well be the man on the moon. Once touching your face was quotidian. When I tallied each day's pleasures, you, in this room or that, counted too much for me, I think. I stopped record keeping. I'm …
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140232
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'Yer a cool, cool glass of water baby....'
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140253
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At James’ funeral, Edward recalled the Brooklyn night in James’ Chevy.
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140274
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She said he was missing the whole point: it was a decoration, not an actual pillow. You were supposed to place it somewhere artful.
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140254
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On the television, a round woman sits amongst the mannequins. She wears a headband. She describes some awesome jewelry.
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140284
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A girl waiting at the door, heart in a Ziploc. An elderly woman stopping at the bank. A bear in a screaming contest with a troop of girl scouts.
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140211
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A CEO would also be a an EOC, only inside-out and backward. But upside-down, both are still what they are.
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140255
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His people eat soggy casseroles and smile with tight lips.
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140272
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Of course the man went tumbling, and though he fell not far, a falling with a body full of meats and sweet breads makes the landing something awful-not so bad that Desperate got it-only so the leg puffed like a blue, rain swollen, earth-bound cloud.
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14011611
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Poor souls. Likely they'll be poets.
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140143
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1. BLAME THE PARENTS This seems to be the most popular position on social platforms. Mom and Dad should have been watching this kid more closely. Period. Because how could any good parent fail to notice their own child climbing over a…
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140153
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I hoped I did not look as panicked as I tried not to feel.
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14011211
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What would you do today if you knew your time was up
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140120
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You were at a saloon on Water Street. Witnesses say. You were taken out of the place and put on a sloop against your will. Witnesses don’t say.
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140155
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It seems the people of this house were a happy family – The smiling faces, the children’s enthusiasm tells me as much. I wonder what happened to them.
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14011612
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The P-36 used for gunnery exercises was twitchy and stubborn...
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14011911
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Today the isobars are far apart.
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140042
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The little Hannibal Lectors had run like bandits away from the flames and had latched on to their equipment and gear. They screamed as the bugs crawled all over them. When they got back to the station they had to quarantine all their stuff so the bugs w
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140031
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I don’t know what happened. One day I was in her room, groping the various drawers for hidden condoms, glimpses of women’s undergarments and I found a spectacular pair of blue lace panties
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140001
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A.K.AAmputated narratives of the not yet come emancipatory orderModesty would be forestalled (left aside) in the case of the title "The Mess...."But who can shoulder the visceral (cough) burden of what is to come?" - The God of Trifling Grammatical…
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