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It distresses me that you will never lust after me /
the way you did for that girl /
who had her hands around your belt
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“Who’s chasing you?”.
When the answer is ‘no one’, it’s best to drive away, like you would from a forgettable Oregon town or someone who can’t love you more than they hate themselves.
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I know she's a dog person, as she owns one.
“No, my asshole ex-boyfriend wanted one and then he left me with it.” she admits, then adds,
“I don't even like dogs. All dogs are needy.”
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Scales were installed on station platforms. Those who were overweight were turned away
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In half-dreams she saw a pale alchemist kneeling before a stitched together abomination, witchcraft and science merged, mocking God’s fire.
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Someone will labor to keep it alive/
although the body will want but/
to return to random particles
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Shannon refused to jump from the castle drawbridge to the gigantic truck tire sunk halfway down in the playground quicksand. He just stood there-arms folded across his chest, bony knees sticking out from beneath ratty cutoffs-in silence, looking to Rollie
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143689
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I thought the Ferris wheel was dumb. All it did was give you a high altitude view of the little Minnesota town where I had grown up.
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The pristine Hudson's/waters dance in the dark of/the East River's rinse.
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143640
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And without further ado, The Author.
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Joe thought of Evelyn. Walt of Charley. Annabelle dreamt of Paolo in an autumn in Cordoba. Everyone who stayed at Mrs Jackanoe’s guest house in Room 17 and found the note also found some long forgotten feelings.
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143686
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You speak English so well.
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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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Tak Tuckerby was a racecar driver. He could drive a racecar fast and handle a racecar perfectly. Unfortunately, Tak could only drive in one direction.
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Odd bookends
stuck in familiar territory,
we have become lethargic
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Abominables do roam the earth; I know it.
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I know this: the sky is vast here//
and the sun unforgiving/
to any architecture not the best
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143586
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You lazy fuckwit! You half-assed shithead!
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143565
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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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143563
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My poems have appeared in four different publications; three have died shortly after they ran my stuff. Coincidence, or something more sinister?
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He doesn’t intend to lie after this. For now, he just wants to take in the sea and the quiet.
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"Hey, man. All we represent to them, man, is somebody who needs a haircut."
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Man, I'm not feeling so happy anymore. I tried to tackle my money but it slipped past me and ran out the door. I don't have a clue what to do. I'm hungry and I can't be worrying about you while both of us are trying to snag the same pair of…
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14352010
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I invited Van Gogh over for some drinks and a chat. I'm talking about Vincent.
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He got tired of the pool party, the chit-chat, the suburban posturing, and he decided to swim home.
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143543
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Shadows from a star
Never too close
Never too far
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143586
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The old man behind the counter recognizes fear and anxiety in the boy's face, and sees the brown paper bag clenched in his other white-knuckled hand.
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After work and wine, I Take some red food coloring and empty it Into my bath water. I submerge myself and open my eyes Like looking backwards at the world through A liquid sunset. I push myself under water, squeaking Feet…
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A farm girl raised on fresh eggs and weather forecasts...
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