1702 9 6
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Hey, how are you? she squeaked.
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170250
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the moon is the pupil of the cave’s eye
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170255
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In my seriousness I am not making the case that none of “this” (our contemporaneity, our historical moment) “matters”.
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1702117
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“Everything is neon, “ I say.
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17021815
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She grinned when he steadied himself against the sofa. “Boy, I know you.”
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1702106
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They couldn’t have done it better if they’d waved guns around in the air.
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170211
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There is no Vinny’s Liquor store as far as she can tell. She begins to think there is something odd, that people are jerking her chain, sending her on a fruitless mission. It feels familiar, like sorority hell week. Maybe there is no liquor store at al
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170221
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On a hot summer day in downtown San Francisco, a flasher gets more than he bargains for when the woman he flashed at a coffeehouse pulls out a gun.
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170232
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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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170210
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The old man’s face is worn and tired, his nose and cheeks tinted red over his pale black skin from the frosty January winds blustering through town. He looks more than half frozen, which I don’t find surprising.
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1702109
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Abominables do roam the earth; I know it.
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17022012
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I say her- it might be him-/
but from a distance I supply the details I prefer.
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170289
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17021911
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Today the isobars are far apart.
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1701115
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I enjoyed the talking part though
rambling on and on for lord knows
why or how
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170111
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No, I’m not at the junior high bus stop. I’m at the dining room table with my parents.
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170192
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What is the meaning of you?
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17011613
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There is no hate in his eyes...
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170154
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I know this much: right now I’m over a thousand miles from my brother. I’ve been watching the odometers, adding it all up.
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170121
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Once a month I fuck the boss. It’s not part of my job description. We have a meeting in her office, after thirty minutes she opens the door to what appears to be a storeroom but is actually a well-appointed fuck chamber ...
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17011610
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There will always be some
who misread the dance
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170143
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"this is the year I'm going to plant a yucca tree in the garden."
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170196
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170142
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“I wrote a story about you today.”
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170010
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On beach trips with our families,
there were bumper cars, jet skis;
flash enjoyments,
beach-themed distractions.
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170076
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They broke both of Jimmy's shins. / Gambling debt just like in the movies
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1700138
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the / future is now incomplete
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170091
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Carl and Dolly were actors. Dolly was offered the lead in a porno film, but she turned it down.
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170055
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He ran for home, screaming for help in the silent ravine.
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170000
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He can't breathe can't breathe can't breathe turns the handle can't breathe falls onto the front porch gasping in the cold night air. And Dad is lying on the smoldering carpet in the parlor. And all the kids are upstairs. And he swallows the air. And ever
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