1710 11 3
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“Your husband is an asshole, isn’t he?” he asks.
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1710 6 5
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the names / she carried (within)
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1710 6 6
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Age Eight: Custody battle. Reassure your worried mother that it’s alright, this will give you something interesting to tell your children one day. Until now, life has been very vanilla.
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1710 12 8
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He said his wife levitated.
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1710 8 7
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But what if it grew into a nasty tea party-ish bimbo right winger -- a little Michelle Bachmann nubbin?
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1710 3 3
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I remember mad strong words out of a teenager, fresh from the shower without a blouse: First! He will be my age, period! He will be the first to walk me to my room as my fear crashes to earth, final, considered.
And I will be the first to milk the w
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1710 2 1
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I knew nothing about the letter at first. When I came in that morning and smiled and said good morning, it was a genuine smile and a heartfelt good morning. But the letter, which had arrived the previous afternoon, was already doing its corrosive work of
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1710 2 2
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Sit back n enjoy the show in a puffy puffed-up chair
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1710 8 7
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1710 6 5
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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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1709 2 2
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She knew there were a few rodeos in south Texas scheduled in the next two weeks. Mostly small-time stuff, but riders who hadn't had much luck might be inclined to improve their scores for the pro circuit. She guessed Lorenzo wasn't having much luck.
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1709 16 8
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Her clothing style varies from grunge to glamor and . . . she always looks good.
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1709 18 10
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It’s Sunday- no need to shave-/
but shave, I do. A little act//
of discipline in the discipline/
of routine.
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1709 7 4
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You're a good dog, she whispered to him, a good brave dog. Her face was tight with soap.
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1709 6 2
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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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1709 7 5
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A performance is a series of situations. Each situation defines the characters that are in it.
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1709 0 0
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At street level there is a small arrow on which is printed “Museum of Numbers” that points up a long narrow staircase. There is a restaurant on the first floor. All the way up the stairs, the air is permeated with smell of fried foods
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1709 3 3
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1709 0 0
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This summer they had reached their fifth anniversary, the landmark they’d dubbed the Bacchanal year. Instead of exchanging gifts made of wood, they’d bought expensive wines and champagnes and emancipated their bodies of clothing for two straight days. The
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1708 0 0
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He took off his sombrero and playfully placed it on my head. “And really, don’t be upset. You’re fine. There’s nothing wrong with loving your cat.”
He was right, there is nothing wrong with loving your cat. But there is something wrong with owning a di
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1708 0 0
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There are three ways I can love you, not even half of one more.
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1708 1 0
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Lise started making up words when she lost her voice.
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1708 9 7
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It doesn't have to be force grown betweenus. We entwine naturally. It's agood feeling to have a friend who at oncedoesn't require a hothouse ceiling laidbetween each invisible touch. There's justwind. There's just rain. There's just sun. There's just you.There's just…
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1708 18 11
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hoping for a happy outcome/
like a kindly voice on the line
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1708 2 1
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I am far from home, wherever that is.
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1708 2 1
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Judith was a bed wetter. Judith was a first-year college student and she was embarrassed that she wet the bed.
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1708 9 4
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Not many people like Geminis.
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1708 1 0
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Alicia got to third block early and scribbled down some of the derivatives homework. Others trickled in intermittently, drifting to their seats like impurities getting caught in a filter.
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1708 6 7
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I start with a morsel of truth, then hide it with lies...
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1707 8 8
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