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I watch from the cabin window the death of the sun, hear the howl of the new-born storm.
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A cow wanders onto a roof and falls through the skylight. It's a calamity, but such an innocent mistake. Mightn't you amble onto a rooftop once upon a full winter snow in Vermont?Another cow climbs a gravel mound in…
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He said he'd meet me at the Lyric before curtains. For drinks. Only he didn't. Which was OK. The seat was softer, roomier without him. Buzzer rang, doors closed. His loss. Rusalka was clearer. More resonant. Vibrant. Better. …
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So, I escaped from the Iron Curtain out of Czechoslovakia, as was called then. That was in 1956 I escaped, and came to Chicago where all of you were for some time already. I know our grandparents came over in early part of century, but my part of family
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I'm a lot wiser now but so what?
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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.
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"This tastes like goat cheese," I said.
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Max leads the parade up the hill. He is sawing on his violin, wearing nothing but a raincoat.
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Rarely is Quay Street so clean,
Monday in rain,
Neactain’s ticking over with
Slow jazz and crosswords,
Stout and steaming anoraks.
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You look at people
and despise them all.
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She'd have to be careful, but couldn't you just see it?
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She came to my house late that last night and shucked off her things and we slow-danced to Cruisin' as beaded rainwater slid off her black hair to the floor. She smiled an almost quizzical smile as she drank me there with her eyes, as if I was some…
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You would think that a department responsible for recovering readers from falling into the illusory realities of their books would merit an office in a less obvious state of disrepair.
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My love for him like wax wings/
so long they stretched eternal—
beating in the sky, grazing peaks,
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Look at her. She doesn't want to be here. The kiss and “wouldn't miss it for the world” was as empty as her crossed arms, crossed legs, and jittery foot were loaded. She attacked the foam of her latte with a tiny red straw. I wanted to scream. Complain about the…
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He picked up a pack of cigarettes and shook it. He flipped the lid to confirm there were none left.
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Call it a spell or a prayer or a ritual; it worked.
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She collects slowly
The pieces
Each one
Heavy with grief
Precious and
Also bitter
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In Your Absence the yard-cat, Flower, has started sleeping on top of the fridge
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Truman sits in his car on an early Tuesday morning. He rolls down both front windows down, but despite the infusion of fresh air, the car still smells of stale meat and sickness.
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screw everything, youth is plinko
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"...easier to get milk from a male tiger than mercy from him."
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"I always disliked such display of religious fervor. I dislike religious fervor. Period."
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One night we were invited out for dinner, and we got into a knock-down, drag-out that afternoon. My wife got so angry I had to hold her down on the bed.
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Solomon just makes people leak. Literally.
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June Day sprinted with urgency through the halls of the Armistice. Whenever she passed a window looking out into space, if it wasn't already covered, she didn't bother looking out, but not because of her hurry; no one did anymore. She was young, but the…
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It’s all a matter of warped mirrors. As in the multi-mirrored passage I stood before as a boy
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Crawl to the dark places I love most, loud music and off key laughter, glimmering green and brown bottles eagerly holding the dim lights overhead inside themselves like ransomed stars.
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...ghosts still resentful, ghosts far from home...
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