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I walked to work back then...
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170032
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All I wanted was to love her.
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San Bruno avenue, six shops in eight blocks. Those Vietnamese ladies thrive on the pedicure trade.
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1700136
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I travel over your body with small feet,
reach your heart.
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170033
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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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170067
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Just take the mountain curves
as tightly to the inside and
as fast as surface conditions permit
and the road’s edge
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Rarely is Quay Street so clean,
Monday in rain,
Neactain’s ticking over with
Slow jazz and crosswords,
Stout and steaming anoraks.
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169965
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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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1699168
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Her clothing style varies from grunge to glamor and . . . she always looks good.
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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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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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1699127
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The fish would need a name, but she didn’t know how to tell if it was a boy or a girl. Did fish have penises?
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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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so I tighten hands with my castaway and say/you failed to impress in your folded peacock dress
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BABY MOUSE She and the baby squeeze into the neon blue star-studded rocket ship in front of K-Mart, a tight fit because the baby's still inside her and the ship is made for under ten year olds and the steering wheel dents her stomach and the baby backs up and…
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It's difficult to remember, much less write down, the hard times you thought were unforgettable when you have a full stomach. It's hard to remember that dirty little room you rented in that house, from a Bosnian landlord, on 27th avenue and Missouri. The…
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1699114
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My spooky cat got out again. Under the deck she ran. Out came the hose that chased her about. Fur spiked, tail pointing, yowling, she hissed at me, and back in the house she pranced. It's been two days now. She slithers out for food after…
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169976
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Uh oh, the dry cleaning ticket
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169967
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I start with a morsel of truth, then hide it with lies...
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Her whole life was lived between high tide and low tide, moments of giggling grandeur and moments of sheer emptiness.
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16982010
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Practice has perfected disengagement.
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169855
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What does she have / that I don’t have / that I can’t buy / for myself?
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1698106
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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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1698155
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"when I say bag, what I mean to say is…"
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169866
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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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169810
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Sophie hoped that Ryan would just stay in the bathroom and never come out. Her stomach turned just thinking about him, but wealthy nerds were easier to work than wealthy regular guys. No self-esteem, no experience with women…no problem.
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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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