1698 6 4
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A junkyard Bison seems an odd choice over the usual dog, but it did the job--trampling trespassers, vagrants and unautorized salvagers with a violent and admirable efficiency
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169863
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I stand corrected once more.
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16981211
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It is almost as if there isn’t a wedge of wood between us – I can feel him inches away from me. I can’t control the sigh or the tears that escape my body.
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16971712
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When asked to turn over the Church's riches / he brought before the Roman prefect the poor, blind, ragged and infirm.
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169755
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And besides, since winter is coming, the dying clammy ground cherry makes a good Pilgrim hat for the fieldmouse. We found one the day after you left, at moonset, in the garage, building a nest with toilet paper in the air filter of the car.
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1697103
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Melinda said forget the kegger last night, what we’re about to do will help you figure out whether you want to apply here.
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169752
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I considered explaining that the universe is still evolving and changing, but the look on her face said GENESIS ONE.
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16971010
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I had some words, but the truth is they don't mean a thing because whatever it is I was trying to say to you always crumbles to the ground in front of you. I had some words, but the bullying wind was stronger than me and ripped them…
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169753
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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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16971512
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You should have
marked that territory like a conquistador,
mounted him like an equestrian, left no
what-ifs in your wake.
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1697106
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“Ol’ Betty has a nice set of headlights,” he says with a wink as he springs out of the recliner.
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169700
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Gone Heather,
with her hands in her hair,
silent for help,
over-involved now scared.
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1697114
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The parallels have become too numerous, and too striking, to ignore.
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169621
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Xao Ping reflexively dug her claws into the plush chenille of the sofa and let out a low yowl. She knew the old lady would be mad if she tore the fabric, but she couldn’t help it.
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169620
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I dared to dream whether she was coming or was she going
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16962414
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Does flight exhilarate the sparrows
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169632
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So I’ll wait for her to clear all burden from her head and feel the ocean move us. Stand up, walk over to me and kiss me as we glided through open water.
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16961611
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In my upper room, a sermon/
was playing about sundry.
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1696127
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my space heater throws a pale orange light
my white candles flicker in the middle of the night
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169621
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‘Do I still ‘respect’ you? Ha! - there’s a sweet old-fashioned phrase! I don’t know, maybe not so much ...
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169686
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It's true push often comes to shove
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169686
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We were just as bourgeois as Bloomingdale’s, one generation past canned ravioli dinners with cheap white bread.
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169644
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When I was 10 or 11, some people thought that my father was my grandfather, that my brother was my father, and that my mother was my sister!
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169644
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169500
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A Body Divided: Memoir
1
When I came back home, after coming down with polio, everything had changed for me. I'd been gone for forty-five long days and nights. But it was Halloween, a time very nearly sacred for children in the Midwest, and it broug
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169511
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"We regret the inconvenience. Due to hijack activity, we have orders to secure this flight. Please remain seated. We will be landing shortly. Thank you for your cooperation."
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16951812
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Reality winks at us then scampers off
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169588
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I can confirm nothing/
but impressions of the world//
that appear beyond my/
body’s reach.
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169520
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Someone had shown me a page on the internet where writers could have their stories analyzed, seeing whose work their piece was similar to. Normally, I only went on the computer to find apartment listings and pornography.
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169510
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Amyra pressed her hands on the brick wall and rubbed it. She thought about hanging something on there, but she did not have the tools to make a hole. In fact, the thought of having a hole in the wall would be enough.
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