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We liked the orderly Newtonian/
with its fundamentalist action/
and reaction, its rules
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131060
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The surface temperature of the sun is 9,800 degrees Fahrenheit.
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131031
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A canister of unused laughter taken from the mouth of a baby not yet born
A splinter of wood from a cross, perfectly preserved in dark tea
taken from the belly of a dead Irishman
A milky vial of smog taken from the air of Los Angeles circa 1965
A
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Paddy's night arrived in the manner of finding a half torn fiver, initial anticipation usurped by disappointment before a chancer's edge suggested some craic might ensue after all. A great crowd had gathered somewhere else, for under Hill street bridge…
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There was dad sitting at the table, wide awake, reading glasses on nose, pen in hand above a Doppler graph of numbers on paper, one of many now-lost theorems, looking up as his son walked into the room.
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131021
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The logic of the impoverished was amazing. Like Rita telling me I owed her fifty cents for a token after she stole five million yen from me.
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131054
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The Zone is a garden of skyscrapers. Every building is a model.
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131011
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Winter in Phoenix Arizona happens in July. An overgrown lawn is working its way up onto The sidewalk. And then there's you with your mower, A hidden newspaper in the middle of everything. Snowflakes puff out from under Spinning blades. You hover above like…
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131032
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On shingle of seashells &
Bullet shells,
Ghosts drift along the shore
Of the Black Sea.
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131021
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I am far from home, wherever that is.
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131054
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My wife broke the news to me. She enjoyed it, too, I'm certain of that. It was a juicy piece of gossip.
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131054
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an EZ How to Guide in 50 simple steps
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131063
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. . . music and dance, theatrical performance of tragedies and comedies . . . a primeval orientation, celebrating the cultivation of herbs and vines . . . ritualistic use of intoxicants, to remove inhibitions, to liberate participants . . .
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131010
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1. Lamia I slapped the venomous dream from his mouth before he could spit in my eyes; fuck him and his rage, fucking Tonton Macoute or whatever he was--and I got the hell out and away from that house and the fires that raged on all floors, and I fled…
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131053
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Most times a vertical word balloon floats before him.
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131022
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Just as one thing I say is “Don’t worry about me,” one thing I think is that you love somebody by living with them...
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131022
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The spirit bottles line the top of the bar
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1.As fast as that I wake to astonishing desire. I'd met you at my parents' house just the weekend before but for them (them the drained students trying to relax, refill before their afternoon sessions) you are the stranger in the room,…
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130999
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People usually take fonts for granted.
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130921
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The next week, she sends a small white box in the mail / with tissue paper, a ceramic mold the color of bleached bone—
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130922
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Why yes I began writing this, my bildungsroman, Who is Mitsy Jackson, in spring, 1974 or thereabouts, and thank you so much for asking.
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1309139
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No king of Ithaca, but of each/
whining, banging, dust–clouded island/
of focused, physical work
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130955
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pens loaded with ink/exceeding or equal to/my volume of blood.
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130940
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When I heard that my brother was going to get married, I was more surprised than anything, but also awed by his courage. Our sister, named Baah Baah during a particularly bad recreational substance binge by our fun-loving, aristocratic parents, Nancy and
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130985
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The strange bones of language
wander the room.
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130973
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In winter The Woods sleeps and the Woodsman comes. He collects the dead wood and makes coal. He nurses the injured animals and prepares the dying. He distributes the snow and regulates the temperature. In his fur hat…
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Things looked way too normal to be normal. The cold, gliding black eyed swans never once straying far from each other's wake, the cute blue jeaned lovers everyone secretly watched carefully picking their trickling way over small odd rocks and…
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130900
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Warranties are what made America great, although hers has expired and the mailbox will remain empty for another fifteen days.
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130900
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The day I met Griffin Burns was the worst day of my adult life. However, it wasn't a series of unfortunate events, one mistake which followed an unlucky break which followed a bad situation; nothing …
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Homer relaxes in his tan, faded recliner, remote in hand, and watches death unfold on his television.
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