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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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160200
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The moon is now at the corner on pace for the horizon. On top of a tall business building in Downtown Newark stop a woman in a hood cloak.
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160211
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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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160200
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"Did I have a dream, or did the dream have me?" - Rush, "Nocturne"
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160212
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“Why do you write filth?” they howl
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160211
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160266
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At night, I wake up, and Daddy's in the bathroom with a hanger in his mouth....
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160134
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IT's like, 15 words. Do you really need a snippet?
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16011212
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160132
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“You know who Neil Peart looks like?” Gram said, ignoring Aaron's outburst.
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160131
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At five a family relative took my life away from me and no one cared
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160152
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The past operates with incredible gravity. Powerful, efficient, deceptive. Thin, sleek cords sent out by it attach themselves to your back, your legs, your buttocks, the back of your head. Resist. Walk. One leg after another. Easy does it, like a baby. Do
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160131
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It was a phone call we never expected. You were so full of life and joy and the sound of your laugh was pierced in our minds. Two strokes. That's what they said. No explanation, no back story. We worried we would lose you. Immediately, all of our memories with you started…
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1601106
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"He turns in his bed, and reaches for a body,
like the blind to braille."
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160198
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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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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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1601107
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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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16012213
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Only scotch and cheap champagne/
retain their reliable flavors.
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160177
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She caretakes, he takes care
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16002011
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The suite of dark rooms/
extends forever./
It’s no big deal.
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160011
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You know moments like these. You know how your mother ruins them.
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160085
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When the malady struck and the world fell dark at noon, she and I groped the walls and found our front door. Outside, bewildered, we heard the whine of jets in free-fall, explosions in the imagined distance. And we heard a car — or was it a truck that veered…
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1600103
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Kitchen.
sandwich.
wife.
daughter.
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160021
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For the briefest moment, she was part of the sky. She hung there. Frozen. Suspended. Arms outstretched. She thought maybe she could take off flying, if she strained against gravity hard enough. She would soar into the pale blue until she reached the clouds. They …
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160083
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At the third or fourth discotheque I drink so much I accidentally find myself happy.
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160041
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Andrew smiled at her while he pulled out his penis. He then held it between his fingers and tugged at it, stretching it much like a rubber band
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In May of 1982, my daughter and I planned a trip…
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