1821 10 8
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Half-pint Ball canning jars, each labeled in earnest capital letters, took up a whole wall of Teeny’s bedroom. Inside each jar was air she had collected from some place important to her life.
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1821115
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This weekend was supposed to be about intellect and soul-mating, but, like all others, it's turned into body and longing. You sit in my passenger seat and I let you smoke in my wee car with the windows rolled down. We've come from a wedding, a fairy ring, a…
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182122
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182082
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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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182033
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In a corner of a neighbor’s land too stony to till Cob makes a mystery.
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18202214
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I thought each day died inside the clock.
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182032
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Matthias Fenstermacher loved onions, but hated slicing them, and so he labored to produce a tearless variety. His first attempt was indeed tearless--instead of weeping, the slicer was overcome by fits of uncontrollable giggles. The potential hazard was
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1820129
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His knife enters the Maui onion. He minces garlic and applies heat to pan and melts sweet cream butter and browns the garlic first and then he adds the onion and more heat, but it's time that will surely caramelize them. Salt and pepper and splashes of wine for the pan and…
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182031
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the future wrapped up in a dream
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182062
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After she died, clearing out her safe deposit box at the local bank, I found more numberplates.
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1820147
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where is the magic at?
the spit
the dirt
or the words?
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182020
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The cabin has windows all around, like ribbon tying a birthday present.
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18202613
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18202119
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The younger woman asked Scott if he loved Jesus.
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182053
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The thing was, though, she couldn’t shake the image of that dead dog she had found inside the black trash bag she thought could be first base, right before the twins said, Screw the game, let’s swing.
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182000
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an ominous figure of fear and grace a ball moves back and forth
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182067
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I've measured out our time togethersealed it in airtight bottlesthe one labeled 1998 kept closelike smelling saltsOne whiff a camphor waking memaking me high on the idea of usputting blinders on your infidelitiesdouble vodkas and damaging wordsAnd when that isn't enoughI…
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181953
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Hunger only makes people hungry, but bad hair can ruin your whole day.
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181921
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Mrs. Noah eyed the thickening clouds from the front stoop. Noah was still out in the yard kicking up sand in disgust, arguing with himself the whole time. Piles of cedar timber lay strewn all about. Maybe if they’d lived even three days’ journey clos
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181988
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I can confirm nothing/
but impressions of the world//
that appear beyond my/
body’s reach.
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181920
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a store called ROCKING FROCKS. In its window was a black tee shirt that said in big white letters, I'M NOT A SLUT, I'M WITH THE BAND.
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1819109
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It was all I was convinced / in designing the encounter.
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181912
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It wasn’t funny. It wasn’t scary. It wasn’t great. And it never is with people.
Except..eventually..when you meet the right person..it is.
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1819138
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When you bring information, it does not arrive.
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181955
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Alessandro was no ordinary demon (what demon is?), insofar as he had Constable Pulce's number. In demonly fashion he had Pulce's number in a way Pulce himself did not.
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181886
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Here I am in the city where we walked side by side, you had driven a great distance and lost your way somewhere where exits left the highway from both directions and unpredictably.
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181887
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what is raised up must rest on its foundation.
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1818123
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FOR SALE. One prom dress, never worn. Size 18.
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181894
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A jollier zombie you shall never find. You must trust me on this!
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181844
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My head was swimming with nicotine, the coldness of the first snow, and unfinished love thoughts.
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