1637 6 6
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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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163765
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She used her right breast. Lifted it to her chin, aimed at the can, and shoved it down as hard as she could.
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my fingers vibrate magnetic/
a humming void/
where my brain was
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The shop is swarming with little women.
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“Listen, Mother – you’re my ticket out of this burg and I’m not about to cash it in!”
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163632
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I have committed to nothing. Therefore I have committed to something. The first sentence is now moot, and this story will eat itself.
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16361310
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Uncounted hens and piglets/
die at my demand. The killing floor//
runs red for me. I am/
monstrous to creatures small and great,
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163695
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A little contempuous aside by the critical theorist guy, Frederick Jameson-- that it was logically absurd to call anything that human beings do, produce or effect “unnatural,”-- has brought forth the following. We are…
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Flash’s hackles stood brushlike but he kept his head bowed just enough beneath the bigger dog’s stare to delay the inevitable fight. Flash, Mal thought approvingly, would pick the time and place.
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During what's called "Children's time," one day at church Sarah slides her left foot halfway out of her tiny ballet slipper to show Davie her toenails are painted the same soft pink as the inside of her shoe. "Look," she says. "My…
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Falling Water almost fell./
12 million dollars later//
it will splay itself a little longer
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1636155
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I thought, what are we talking about? Botox?
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And she warms her hands on fresh-cut gizzards, And he forgets the taste of honeyed peaches
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Scavenge at that address only if you feel possessed of great courage, a profound faith in resurrection or reincarnation, or an impatient desire for a premature date with certain death.
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1635155
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I made myself tiny as I could, imagining I was Houdini shackled underwater, holding my nose and practicing my escape...
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Weddings, engagements etc.
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163565
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52. they hate the word hate
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so I tighten hands with my castaway and say/you failed to impress in your folded peacock dress
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Mosaics are a trick of the eye, seeming
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"Sorry, I need to confirm the results." Sal turned to Paul. "Is it true that you got stood up?"
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My banker said, "We've millions we can spare,
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You are a space-walker and a time-traveler...
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Frowning, loosening a purple tie, Tony pushed through the golden revolving doors of a skyscraper. He drifted into the crowded midtown street as if in a daze. He was roused to his senses as his cell phone sent out the melody of his wedding song.
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163465
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You may think you've tasted envy, but yours was just a sour sip of wine at a civilized wine-tasting. Mine is bottom-shelf, well-brand gin in a biker bar with miss-the-urinal piss stains on the floor.
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An undercover agent posed as an Orthodox Jewish woman in a sting operation that led to the arrest of two rabbis for kidnapping men who refused to grant divorces to their wives.
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I walked to work back then...
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This wasn't going to be about her anymore.She tied her strong purple balloon to the neck of the wounded horse. Her skirt and her top felt like armor's breath. The tingle across her scalp felt warm. Small rug scrapes that made her think of her last dog, before she died.This…
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“Emerald Leaf Borers, Dutch Elm Disease and Gypsy Moths blow through here like the Plagues of Egypt,” said Rafe, sipping from his glass of Parallel 44 wine. “You'd think we'd get more than a few days of good weather for all the parasites we feed.” …
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