1603 4 4
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I think of our first morning in front of the mirror and the hairbrush that we shared—the hairs in it brown from you, blonde from me. I miss this day and when I cannot sleep, I watch your window from my room until your light goes out. Sometimes, I can se
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1603 10 5
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Freshly fucked,
Shirley exhaled enjoying the lingering sensations. She always felt lighter after a good orgasm, and this had been one for the record books.
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1603 8 0
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That dog again; enduring love.
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1603 2 0
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His velvet mouth, shaped perfectly to intertwine with hers, teases the space between them until its caress finds her.
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1603 13 9
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neon carrots and atomic tangerines
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1603 3 3
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Don’t worry about what went aloud. I said nothing.
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1603 18 14
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Squirrels and mice fear her shadow
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1603 27 14
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Your writing offended the editors greatly, and we would select certain word choices we disliked, but we truly hated every word, including mere articles, prepositions, and conjunctions.
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1603 0 0
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‘They will follow, but we have to go now’
‘Wait , I can see something familiar...’
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1603 4 4
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The litany of tough decisions scrawled on. Stencil Gucci on no-name jeans. Buy cheap chocolate and scrape the name off. I looked over and watching the saliva encrusting in the corner of Larry’s mouth, my heart sank.
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1603 15 7
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It is a sunny day in the autumn of the patriarch.
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1603 3 2
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A true Rowdies fan begins every conversation about the band with a legend. She would be impressed if he knew the story.
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1602 5 5
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Train 664 leaves Thirtieth Street Station bound for New York City at 10:55. Concurrently, Train 663 leaves the station, headed for Harrisburg. Both trains are, confusingly, called The Keystone.If Mark and I have tickets for Train 664 because we plan to…
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1602 9 7
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Dark, green grass covered the pasture like millions of tiny fingers swaying in the heat.
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1602 12 9
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The bus is late; the papers disappear.
The china breaks, and the suit does not fit.
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If I wanted cautious I wouldn't be in her bed. She would only sleep with her husband. Adultery is not for pussies. So I dive back into the conversation which has made my dick limp and ask where I'm wrong in our post-coital chatter and she says it doesn't
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1602 4 1
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Dad must have walked around with me 20 times, the store closed around us and finally he said I could have one. They were all in different poses and sizes, with black spots. Except one. One had silver spots.
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1602 5 4
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They perch on the curb in front of the factory, like so many rail thin crows exuding smoke from their haggard beaks.
They've been here.
They've been here a long while.
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1602 1 1
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Her mother sighed, fingering the faux-pearls around her neck. Barbara's neck tensed, almost as though the hair on the back of it would stand up: Here comes a platitude . . .
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1602 7 5
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my God, I have no time, no time
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1602 6 6
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Assimilated wheat germ
integrated ant worm
the capital of brazil.
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1602 10 10
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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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1601 5 3
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Hunger only makes people hungry, but bad hair can ruin your whole day.
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1601 17 16
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That night he dreamed about a duel with toothbrushes....
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1601 3 3
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Behind the plastic kitchen, where the special children sometimes sit, a large boy in tight dungarees had grabbed Stephanie's hair in one fist.
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1601 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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1601 19 9
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Liz didn’t steal his heart / she embezzled it
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1601 2 0
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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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1601 5 5
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His people eat soggy casseroles and smile with tight lips.
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