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Over his usual ham sandwich and Pepsi for lunch Uncle Waldo used to often say, “Going out in the dead of night without a flashlight is dangerous” and I'd nod but I kept slipping out, sneaking down my secret path and take a dip in the rich neighbor's pool because…
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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.
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Be it a moment of zen, an epiphany, a vision, or even an ill-tempered chinese food inflicted dream, I've seen what's been shrouded carefully behind you… ahead of me.
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"She began singing The Police song, 'Roxanne' in a falsetto voice, just like Sting."
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There existed within them the deeper perdition, of course, the perdition of culture, American culture, the 21st Century suburban version, made up of Strip Malls From Hell.
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What a beautiful Thing / Urine is
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-for Franz, the least understood comedian of all We all knew that Marissa's college boyfriend was ugly — there was the way she answered our mother's pestering "Is he cute?" with a stalling "Um, well..." and then there was the fact that she hadn't posted any photos…
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Ten am, and the piledriver behind Rhys's eyes shows no sign of mercy. Beyond the safety glass, caverns of empty air tumble down and out to where the edge of the city is lost in the murk. The figures on the screen pulse and phase with the hideous internal rhythm of his…
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Devoid of flesh and muscle,
Composed of bone and air.
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feeling empty as the
bottom of a bottle
dry as a bone
in death valley alone
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. . . hot sand and quiet ocean only.
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My sister Janis called me from Berlin and said to turn on the news. You could see the thick flurries of snow that were falling there and the flat feathers of peoples' breaths issuing from their mouths as they took turns swinging pick-axes, standing on top
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I’ve done my part of the job in conservative clothing. Lonnie’s done her part looking like Dolly Parton.
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For you –
because you deserve more effort
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My husband waits for him to hurt himself.
The boy drinks red wine between movements,
Staring hypnotically at the back
Of a girl’s head.
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Slice the moment into/
free body diagrams/
of elegant simplicity
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I am the boy with the olive skin who takes pictures of lewd sex acts performed by nobodies on stage at the Rock Creek Lodge Testicle Festival in Missoula, Montana.
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How to Boil Water
How to Cook an Egg
How to Eat
How to Think
How to Love
How to Die
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He said his wife levitated.
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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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So it's me and two other girls...
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It is July 4th, Austin, Texas, just after nightfall. On the bridge, downtown, I sit against the curb with my husband, his best friend, the best friend's wife, whom I have recently become acquainted, and their baby, Sasha. We're waiting for the fireworks to…
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It is a small life, circumscribed/
by debt and income, age and infirmity./
The Hidden Hand thrusts its middle finger/
high.
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We walked into the light where tired elephants slung their trunks and big cats moved over hills. My head was swollen, the whole back of my skull throbbing and black.
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It chases other newborns down and eats them.
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I was to limp with stunned, growing horror, as I navigated through the swirling smoke and maze of human corpses...
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My skin tells a story of pain and labor. It’s better than a tattoo and cheaper.
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The next time I see you, I’m going to pretend you’re a stranger, and that I’m meeting you for the first time.
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paper cuts, an old film unraveled
from its reel, risking exposure.
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He gave her cancer. He gave her cancer.
Not what she said. She said her relationship gave her cancer. Her relationship with him. Gave her cancer.
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