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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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Beautiful,
a country left abandoned by the parade path.
The soldiers that typically occupy this place,
temporarily removed to neighboring lands;
congregating together,
backs to the native.
I benefit from the accidental diversion.
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18622214
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I thought each day died inside the clock.
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186273
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Susie watched the record, her mouth agape just slightly, the spinning vinyl unveiling the powerful sound of a voice she'd wanted to hear her whole life.
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186200
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Under the dirty orange glow of sodium streetlights, the glistening pavement looks slick, but it’s only just wet. The mid-November temperature is cool—quite mild, actually, for this late time of year—still hovering in the upper 30s—so far posing only the
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186221
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the champagne foam cascades like cherry blossom ensnared in the first gales of spring
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1862105
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'Do you feel that, my little one?' Stillness. Calm. I felt the baby move her tiny little feet and smiled.
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1862148
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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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186285
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Without warning his eyes expertly navigated into a closed position setting off the dream machine long without power until this very second.
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186297
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I stand at the edge of the water naked as a newborn. Tiny ripples lick my toes.
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1862135
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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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186201
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“Don’t you wish it always ended that way? The right people fall in love? Romance leads to marriage? God, that was a great movie.”
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1861129
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If you find the place they forgot to bomb send me a hot pink postcard. The planet is only so big. We're already dipping our heels into the waters without wanting to become true believers, miserable followers. The bedtime stories will have to…
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186186
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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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186133
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Things are a little out of hand. Information fills room after room after room. I have no bloody idea where I am. I have your photo, but the navigational coordinates are difficult to interpret. Where the hell are you, anyway? I don't like mazes — too much like…
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It seemed like only yesterday that she was making sure to remember bottles for Hunter and now he was eating regular adult food, and they were looking into tutors for next year, and Hunter was nearly four. Her runty Hunty umpkins was going to be four.
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It's the little things that trip us
up: a small hole in a level field,
an innocuous root in a well-trod
path, a disinclined sidewalk...
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She heard mortar fire, whose percussive power rose above the tapping typewriter keys. A perspiration of terror broke on Loretta’s brow, under her arms. Then suddenly, the whistling of shells.
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I don't know if I'm going to get Alzheimer's, but know I don‘t want to. That's why I just read “100 Simple Things You Can Do To Prevent Alzheimer's“ by medical journalist Jean Carper. Doing simple things is something I'm good at. And while I'm…
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I remember ...all the teenagers offered no-longer favored CDs, last year's cell phones, third-place trophies, team jerseys, played-out videogame cartridges, and candy-colored miniature stuffed animals...
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186054
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I grew up in Detroit, and even though I haven't lived there since I was 18, I'm still a Michigander at heart. I'm also a (retired) bankruptcy attorney.You can probably tell where this is going. I own a Detroit municipal bond. It's a sewer bond, which means…
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186075
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What's the weirdest thing you've ever used as a bookmark? I work in a library. I've seen that, and more.
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186000
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"Did I have a choice? Could I just open my eyes, did I have to ‘see’ as he was telling me now I could? I decided to go for it. What did I have to lose? This was all a dream, too much driving to get here, too much reunion, too much food, too much beer. Or
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Squirrels and mice fear her shadow
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["This is not a snippet of text. This is only a test."]
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We lived on the edge of a tiny Iowa town, and picked corn fields were steps away.
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186021
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God forbid you should break one of the camps precious “rules,” which were more or less like the Ten F'ing Commandments around there.
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You left your quiet life for a home in the city.
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The Viper turns so quickly that Father's grabbing hand now faces its head instead of its tail.
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