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The Nude Pianist: A Novel: Chapter 5

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When the cab dropped Frank at his address at seven that evening, he noticed the lights were on in Michiko’s apartment.

Gravity as Destiny

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Falling// is something that comes quite naturally/ to puffed up things. Like the soufflé

Black Hole Me

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my fingers vibrate magnetic/ a humming void/ where my brain was

Justice

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“Too dumb to live,” my wife said when cretins on a motorbike blasted around us nearly taking a side mirror with them.

Tango

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By the end of the evening, a dark circle of sweat stained the overstretched satin over her dome of a belly. José told her to take it easy. “When people come to a tango bar, they want to think about sex, not babies.”

Everyone the Same, But Not At Once

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The surface temperature of the sun is 9,800 degrees Fahrenheit.

Esther

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the moon is the pupil of the cave’s eye

Podcast?

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I enjoyed the talking part though rambling on and on for lord knows why or how

Winyah Bay

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Effie reckons the river her sister keeps asking about, the Great Pee Dee, was named after some Indians.

Channeling Dr. Gonzo

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“We’re on our way to gold country to find the American Dream.” No point in mentioning the huge prairie dogs, the ones swarming and screeching beneath the horses in their Hell’s Angel gear and Nixon masks.

The Sadness of Thrift Shops

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They couldn’t have done it better if they’d waved guns around in the air.

Birdhouses

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That year, if you asked Al, was truly the best of times, the worst of times.

haiku apolitical

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can they approve, our/gods in our wallets? only/when we tell them to.

Gasoline

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Her hair’s the color of LA at night On such occasions when the Santa Anas Have left the hills bone-dry and burning bright

Relative Indifference

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The more indifferent he had become towards life, the more she had become towards him.

Rejection at the Gates of Heaven

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"Some Purgatory in order, innit?"

The Last Time I Saw Jackson

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The last time I saw Jackson, I didn’t write down the set list. This time I didn’t write down the set list, either.

Abel in the Bar by the Youth Hostel

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“It felt like the space under my skin had been filled with desert sand. I did not open my eyes for my body was covered with the dust. A camel could have walked over me and not noticed. I needed to wipe my eyes before I could open them and my body was froz

Accounting

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It shouldn’t take that long to count/ to six but when the six are cats, arithmetic/ assumes Heisenbergian properties/ as the objects counted defy the count.

Godfrey part 2: Marjory's bag

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"when I say bag, what I mean to say is…"

Workingman

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He died in the ditch he dug.

Neither star nor killer

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I am fantasy

Our Closet

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I was enchanted with the suppleness and intensity of her movement and slowly edged to hide myself askew from the jam as not to disturb her.

Assiduity Four

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Her clothing style varies from grunge to glamor and . . . she always looks good.

Dudes Who Want To Be Her Boyfriend

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She says he is not a real person. He says he doesn't understand. And that she should be with the dudes who want to be her boyfriend.

Unfinished Business

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you are the most uptight pansy I have ever met

Selfish Success

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I wear my gun so it shows, so everyone knows.

The Missing Years

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Andrew smiled at her while he pulled out his penis. He then held it between his fingers and tugged at it, stretching it much like a rubber band

Curiosity Killed the Cat

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rocker bogie system

The Agreement

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Our Irish tradition is rich in Yeats, drenched in Bushmills.