1479 4 5
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. . . it's all we ever want -- the holding.
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147993
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5 Narratives From The Field Museum (Naturally) 1. The American wife asked her French husband why it took him 50 words to ask which pass they would need. He said, “Because it does,” and they argued more, each in their own words. 2. The child…
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1479147
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We flew./
In my dreams, I can fly.
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147962
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“He put his stuff down—sunglasses, lotion and so forth—and I noticed there’s a little notebook that he didn’t have before.‘What’s that?’” I asked, and he said ‘Nothing.’”
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147943
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The snow buzzes in the Ritalin air beneath Dairy Queen clouds
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1479138
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147930
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His mother named him Far because she had high hopes for him
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147922
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...you should pick a VERY OLD millionaire. Very old, and NOT VERY WELL...
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147900
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I'm subconsciously a sucker for guys who are no good for my
self-esteem. Or waistline.
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147910
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Floating along the ebbs of the ocean,toward the horizon, where time has no say,an end that will never be reached.
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147922
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“You own your own burial plot, but you don't own your home,” he'd said, and I couldn't help but agree.
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147960
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We may not be capable of even trying to appreciate the fact of mortality until we are somewhat older—let's say 18 years old. But, from the age of 18 until we die—and die we will; we know that—we have the opportunity to spend some time thinking abou
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147899
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People usually take fonts for granted.
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147810
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He first saw her stepping off a water taxi by the Long Docks in the rain at night, her right arm atrophied from some early childhood disease, dangling like an apology, her other holding a cigarette. Her wet black hair hung past her shoulders and her eyes
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147801
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I have cherished the memory of that meal since and have sought out Indian restaurants all over the world. San later told me that the best Indian food was to be had in London
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147874
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we're not at war / with the world. We have papers.
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147863
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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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147885
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It was by the well on one cold early spring morning
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1478106
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Her smile dazzled me from across the room.
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147870
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On the way to the drinking fountain, Elysia Martin, a third grader at St. Michael's Parochial School, heard a voice calling her name. When she turned toward the white plaster statue of the Virgin Mary that sat between twin hedges in the rose garden, she
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147876
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“Now we lay you in your grave
There was no way you could be saved
You hate our lord Jesus and he can tell
Which is why you will burn in hell.”
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147865
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I wake up on the edge of the mattress, teetering. The dog is looking at me funny.
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147810
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Even when the sun is gone and things get dark, usually the moon comes to reflect some light of hope until a new dawn can emerge
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147851
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Two summers later, the ritual began. Carol left her house at midnight, having served her husband and daughter a heavy dinner that left them caged in their sleep. She was like a thief working in reverse: she rose from bed with her husband’s first snore,
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1478156
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As the other mammals go extinct,/
we can’t presume we are immune//
because of big brains and a history/
of belief in the control of nature.
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147721
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Naked Lady? I know that from somewhere. Then he remembered. That's what they called those old 1930's and 40's Conn saxophones, Naked Ladies. How would Smith know that?
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14771612
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A little poem about prison
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147776
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Where horses once were tethered grows their grass . . .
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147730
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You see the ocean for the first time on our honeymoon. Your large feet dig deep into the muddy sands of the Maryland coastline as your blue eyes swell at the infinite water before you. I wrap my…
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The thing Bentley remembered most about her was she had no body odor. None.
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