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My Expiration Date Approaches

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the doomed, but splendid, first year GT40.

Nausea

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It’s been a series of bad clams

Reversal

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The stunned son knelt to understand then fell, his heart shredded by the hollow point.

Pillow talk

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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 ...

This Is A Warning

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Walking home, carrying his guitar case, Jed felt the sums of his life adding up to dangerously high numbers, the deadly inertia of vaguely comfortable apathy swallowing his time. His moment would soon be fading. Because, like many young men before him, Jed…

The Dirt

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The coffin-sized pit in his basement wasn’t freshly dug.

Why I like My Watches Analog

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watch/ the second hand sweep

The Last Campfire

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The bearded old man, raised his weary body from the bedroll he had slept on last night and slowly stood up. Bones creaked as he worked the stiffness out of his joints, the pain and memory of endless days and nights riding the…

On Socks

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There’s a hole in my sock, just large enough that my big toe keeps slipping out.

March

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Crows etc.

Hearts

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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.”

Bad Back

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Sharpie marked, Free Still Works

What's Wrong

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I’ll tell you what’s wrong

for one dedicated to artemis

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artemis is but a mincing fawn:/ no sacred bitches need i in my ranks,/ nor hunting dogs to tear a man apart/ when i have teeth enough to bruise fine flanks.

Much Ado About Exploring.

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John was sitting at his computer one night after work, when he read an article linked to him by a friend.

Mine

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My father was dating already. Her name was Shelly. She had a man-like body, buck teeth and red hair, a big forehead. I don't know what bog she climbed out of. She wanted to fill in for my mother, but I locked her out of my room. I just wanted to be sad and hold…

der Morgenmuffel

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I sat on the corner of her desk ... Angela Merkel can be a sweetie when she wants to be.

Still Crazy After All These Years

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Dr. van Roos reminded the group that trauma is trauma...

The Red Slit

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Kitchen. sandwich. wife. daughter.

The Good Old Days

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What she didn't tell me was that her brother Carl got fried during an electrical storm.

Momma and Me

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On Saturdays, we pull out big white poster boards, magic markers, and draw babies.

The Glass Shop

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She burst Into the glass shop

just a girl on a couch

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behind the curtainof a ballsy fragilitythere lives an easethat was not easythere exists a gracethat is not always gracefulbeauty can maskcheekbones that sometimes look sadwhen they are smilingeven grin determinationneeds downtimethe prize is still thereeven if the eyes…

#HOWRU

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Where you used to exist, there will only be spaces.

Curves

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and the smiles light the way when the wind blows the darkness

Listening to Neil Young on a Gray Day and Understanding Clearly What My Grandfather Told Me Long Ago

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I'm a lot wiser now but so what?

In the Pastel City

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Then I had / that dream

A Museum of Numbers

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At street level there is a small arrow on which is printed “Museum of Numbers” that points up a long narrow staircase. There is a restaurant on the first floor. All the way up the stairs, the air is permeated with smell of fried foods

Do I hear Ten Thousand?

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I cannot begin to list all the ways this conversation can go downhill from here, so I hang up the phone quietly.

Crooning

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It was a lover’s dark. They had been talking for hours when daylight lost interest and had gone elsewhere for sport.