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Only scotch and cheap champagne/
retain their reliable flavors.
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160000
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We crept to the edge of the cliff and stared down at Lake Travis. In this alcove, out of the churn of the speedboats and pleasure craft, the water shimmered, impossibly blue.
“Didn’t you used to jump off here back when you were getting high?” Ryan said
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160087
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160000
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159911
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You know moments like these. You know how your mother ruins them.
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159965
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There is an empty space,
between every note in rock 'n' roll,
where they have buried John Bonham,
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He was supposed to be a garden gnome. Give pause to the squirrels, keep an eye on the impatiums. We found him at Wegman’s. He looked hopeful and observant.
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Neglected long enough, uncalled for/
by the shrinking language of the day,//
my words abandon me.
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Bert also said that somebody else at the meeting was complaining about his high blood pressure, and Bert repeated what Hank had said, that he was glad to have any blood pressure at all.
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he took me hostage as I came out the door.
Nelson took me hostage and we went back to his parents' house. They were gone crappie fishing so I had to spend the whole weekend alone with him. I didn't have anything lined up for Saturday night, so it wasn'
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159900
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"Did I have a dream, or did the dream have me?" - Rush, "Nocturne"
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159912
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“Why do you write filth?” they howl
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1599129
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now the days are empty
and time has lost its head
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15982011
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The suite of dark rooms/
extends forever./
It’s no big deal.
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15981212
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159832
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“You know who Neil Peart looks like?” Gram said, ignoring Aaron's outburst.
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159831
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At five a family relative took my life away from me and no one cared
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1598106
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"He turns in his bed, and reaches for a body,
like the blind to braille."
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15981913
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but I pretend again I've kept the prairie/
out, have battled back the smoke and dirt
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159883
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At the third or fourth discotheque I drink so much I accidentally find myself happy.
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15981612
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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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159864
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What in the name of God’s green earth does this say? “Chifferobe if you can of Aztec in coffee can”?
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1598113
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In May of 1982, my daughter and I planned a trip…
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15981414
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A wrinkled man lie atop an ivory-clad mattress, matched sheets covered his body, matched hair covered his head.
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1598107
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Most everything is white because white means clean and hospitals are supposed to be clean. They wouldn’t let me leave.
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159734
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IT's like, 15 words. Do you really need a snippet?
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The world is having an off day. The sun is now lavender in color, soft on the eyes, and we stare at the new sun all day without ill effect.
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