1825 17 16
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That night he dreamed about a duel with toothbrushes....
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1825 3 3
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Waking in the middle of the night, tangled in the hotel sheets, I wanted to hear the story again: their pilot friend, the war, his specialty. "It's just a screw, son," Dad said, "nothing exotic."
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1825 6 6
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A son packs his bag - bottled water, extra masks, and jerky. Mom paces behind him. “Don't go.”
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1825 8 8
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dicks, skulls and upside down crosses
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1825 15 6
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1825 15 12
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You anchor the real
You make love to the true
I am bound to you in consecration
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1824 8 2
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The Numbers will never romp up the stairs from the laundry room to slip warm socks on your feet on a winter’s night.
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1824 0 0
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I found him dead underneath a sycamore tree. I knew it was a sycamore tree because of all the acorns surrounding the body.
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1824 0 0
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Black tagliatelle with squid and funghi porcini. He didn't understand why they called it a special, it had been in the menu since day one they had opened.
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1824 6 6
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The man went into his backpack and pulled out his book of crossword puzzles. The deluxe edition with fifty percent more puzzles for free. It had been an impulse buy from the bookstore, cost him four…
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1824 0 0
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said you loved me
told some jokes
aren’t you dying?
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1824 6 6
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There is a push-up on the ceiling. I don't know how to get it down. I've tried hitting it with a broom. That just made it blow steam. I asked my wife, did you do push-ups on the ceiling? She did. Why? It's easier up there. The cat doesn't bother me. Well, you left…
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1824 2 1
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"Look, Ted, I'm on a timer. It's really hell here, you can't imagine. And I have a chance to get paroled early, if you do me a solid."
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1824 6 2
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"What is a vageena?" I wanted to know.
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1824 2 0
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The cabin has windows all around, like ribbon tying a birthday present.
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1824 26 13
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1824 14 8
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When Kat returned home from The East Street Wars, she learned that her epileptic lover, White Dog, died from madness
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1824 16 10
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1824 3 3
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Susan was twenty-four when it happened again, but she had neither the patience nor the attachment to see it through.
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1824 15 7
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It is a sunny day in the autumn of the patriarch.
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1824 13 8
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When you bring information, it does not arrive.
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1824 1 1
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The elevator door opened, and Tom ("The Baffler") Frank found himself confronted by Jesu bar Joseph, who opined: "You're WORTHLESS!" and recommended: "Why dontcha PULL your PANTS down, and CUT your COCK off!"
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1824 11 10
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Some of them are notorious tweakers. Nobody epitomizes the cowboy-outlaw biker more than the ironworkers, who are wired on Black Beauties they sell on breaks.
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1823 2 2
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I flung the basketball at the hoop and Cooper shagged the ball. He was the luckiest bastard I knew. ...
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1823 10 6
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1823 4 3
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take back all the falderal
and friggin' fiddle dee dee
take back the mad murmuring
of ten minutes ago
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1823 3 3
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In a corner of a neighbor’s land too stony to till Cob makes a mystery.
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1823 22 14
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I thought each day died inside the clock.
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1823 11 4
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Mounds of earth and grassless ground
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1823 1 2
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Moon Boy sits atop the hill's crest and watches Moon Girl.
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