1636 6 4
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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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163665
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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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163632
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my fingers vibrate magnetic/
a humming void/
where my brain was
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16354520
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This is a lady who never got a break.
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16351310
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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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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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1635126
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I looked around in my pantry but there were no sentences I felt like cooking.
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163542
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There were three other guys on the bus. The landlord (or buslord) let us use the kitchen and bathroom in the house he shared with his wife. I rode into San José City College with the other guys, who were also taking classes there. I remember frigid autum
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163565
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the names / she carried (within)
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163565
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52. they hate the word hate
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1635106
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Blending in at a rock concert in ballet flats was harder than I thought it would be. The heavy eye makeup and lit cigarette I never brought to my lips put me somewhere between “Trying Too Hard” and “Bless Her Heart.”
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163530
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Talk To the Bionic Hand
“Scientists have discovered how to program intention into a bionic hand so that it will react to impulses from the brain like a normal hand”
Man found being choked by his own out-of-control bionic hand
after han
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163500
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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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1635155
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I thought, what are we talking about? Botox?
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1635137
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You are a space-walker and a time-traveler...
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163476
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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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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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1634109
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16341211
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I walked to work back then...
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Weddings, engagements etc.
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163450
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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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163462
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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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163432
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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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1634109
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Mosaics are a trick of the eye, seeming
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16342015
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Falling Water almost fell./
12 million dollars later//
it will splay itself a little longer
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163473
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163400
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woke up to the sound of a diesel
looked out the window to see i’m not home
outta bed to see if you had called
not a damn thing on my phone
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163376
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Brody was standing against the wall with one hand in his hip pocket, as if he was holding a gun. The motel was set in the undergrowth of several weedy small towns, but a flashing neon sign made it impossible to miss from the road. We used it as a safe hou
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163321
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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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163311
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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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