1824 2 2
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She thought of an animal checking a scent before mating, and imagined that he said to himself, “All I need is for this woman to be hitting on me.”
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1824 1 0
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I’ve done my part of the job in conservative clothing. Lonnie’s done her part looking like Dolly Parton.
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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 2 1
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My music teacher, Luigi Biagi, told me that he was done with me. He said it was time I moved on to more specialized teachers. Since my passion was composing and arranging, he recommended Al Fine.
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1823 3 1
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The fabric on the waiting room chairs is stained and matted, but has been cleaned over and over.
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1823 18 13
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One must be drenched in words.
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1823 2 1
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Sarge had done this before. Not with this many rookies and not on a one-way trip. This was a suicide mission. The boys didn't know it, but he did. They weren't coming back. Hell, they couldn't come back
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1823 20 11
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The stunned son knelt to understand then fell, his heart shredded by the hollow point.
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1823 3 0
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She burst
Into the glass shop
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1823 2 1
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A sturdy and goatish original by know-nothing punks from the sticks. Who cares if we were puny and smelled like fresh milk? For a few years we played and rocked, even turned the Appalachian soundscape a little brown at the edges. At least at first. Mainly
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1823 16 11
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In my upper room, a sermon/
was playing about sundry.
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1823 5 5
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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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1823 10 3
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When she was nineteen, she began to brew a baby in her belly. She named it, and sang to it, and organized the leftover hand-me-downs that hadn't been worn ragged through by the first seven sets of recipients.
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1823 12 12
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They'd taken so much: ivory, rubber, copper, gold. Wealth for the grabbing. No remorse.
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1823 9 7
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The day you came to the wedding the sky was so, so brightly July./ I saw my face where I left it the last time . . . .
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1823 3 2
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and i'm almost out of cigarettes,
and fireworks and sorority girls
scream
from down the street.
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1823 0 0
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Every time Hector left his home he wondered if it was for the last time. It was Monday at 2:45, so he was standing in the bedroom near the tall mirror, staring into his dark eyes. In the past, she would lovingly help him dress with her tiny, perfect fingers. She…
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1823 10 3
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Often I eat lunch at the hospital. The cafeteria may be the best place to eat in town.
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1823 8 4
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Her purse still hangs on the knob by the door, and seeing it is all that keeps Josh from freaking out because he knows she can’t go too far or too long without her purse.
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1823 0 0
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Walking to Colorado? He doesn't have that kind of time.
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1822 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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1822 18 8
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I told him he was just paying for his sins. He gave me a look. "Why me?" he asked.
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1822 3 1
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1. there's nothing more to say about it and I don't want to be drawn2. beautiful she couldn't hear me anyway I was desperate and there were moths3. they'd replaced his head with a picture of the moon he looked4. none of them were speaking English more like a ticking a…
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1822 3 1
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Why won’t my parakeet eat my diarrhea?
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1822 10 9
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1822 9 9
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Andalusia I. partners in sunset the hawk and I in ballet ..............................he:..........the small flame in the wind ..............................I:............the last tremor of grace the…
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1822 2 3
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But the boy next door is worse than a dweeb; he's a prima donna and a bully and a little shit to boot. The divorce will only make him more.
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1822 0 0
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You can’t start living in The Netherlands just like that; you need to be registered first. Once an official has confirmed you’re the person you claim to be, you can start in a job. Once an employer has confirmed you’re employed, you can apply for yo
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1822 15 9
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We liked the orderly Newtonian/
with its fundamentalist action/
and reaction, its rules
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1821 3 4
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IT's like, 15 words. Do you really need a snippet?
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