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Doctor Eyepatch

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That contraption he’d invited her to pedal, somebody oughta market one of those. The closer you got the harder it got, and her feet kept slipping off the pedals. It was maddening.

The Ghosts of History

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In this lab, where I work 40 hours a week, live the ghosts of questions asked.

Valentine

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"His middle name is Valentine, and when asked about it, he isn't sure why."

Forbidden Fruit

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After my vasectomy, I got a T-shirt with a picture of an orange on it. It said "All Juice, No Seeds."

Echoes

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...Heroin. It helped them get through the tricks and sucked up their flesh.

Sunday Service

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How they all beat the small drum/ of the word within the world

Only Temporary

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It was the middle of May when I found out my teacher was screwing my mother.

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte

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A woman is fishing in the Seine at the far left of the painting, while time is suspended and light remains. One man plays a trumpet. A half dozen people sit or walk under parasols. Couples stroll and children run or sit or stand beside their p

Event Particle 12

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The snow buzzes in the Ritalin air beneath Dairy Queen clouds

the true bliss of objects is entropy

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What the tumbler meant

Kate

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It’s that laugh of hers that gets me...

Shut Up and Dance or "Greensleeves", In Its Way, Was Once a Pop Song

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The catchy tune and cloying lyrics/ nonetheless etch their patterns

Placeholders

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Everyone falls,

End of Shift

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He was losing his fight with malaria, but you would never know it from his dreams

Call the Cultbusters!

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My twin sister Ilene has recently taken up with a man named “Darrell,” who is a member of the Shriner's Fun Korps, a motorized paramilitary group.

Theater of War

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We became The World Famous Shadow Puppet Theater because we thought that the best way to become world famous was to act as though we already were.

The Taming

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N-n-never screamscold a cat.

U R Doomed

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the swarthy terror network

Five Million Yen: Chapter 6

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Sure my man. Show me the token I’ll show you the slice.

chicken coup

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" I have no idea what's goin on out here, and I'm gonna find out one way or another."

Chatter

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The night before his mother's teeth began chattering.

Thalassophobia

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Except where its waves break gently,/ white frothed and reassuring along the shore,

I May be Dried Up -- But I can Make You Breakfast in the Morning

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Our dinner was over and we regretfully had to leave the restaurant. She leaves with enough shopping money for a few weeks. He, getting the rough end of the deal, has charged more money to his credit card at 19% plus cash withdrawal fees. So I ask myself

Roadkill

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I It's been there all week, Nose tucked into tail Comfort found between impact and asphalt II I'm still here logged out, still here Had it with the billboards the check engine light milemarkers... Just…

Why We're Going to Eat Uncle John's Suicide for Breakfast, Tomorrow

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[Party!]

Lost In The City

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They found it naught however as it was lost at metro stops, canceled appointments and in ever dimming light that failed to reflect what was instead of what could have been.

Honeybee

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Forgetting her inhibitions, she dove for him.

Professor Einstein's Living Proof (an excerpt)

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Light “I can escape the feeling of complicity in it only by speaking out.” The professor arrives on time, sockless. The former a sign of his polite upbringing. The latter, his lack of pretense and high …

The Obsession of Bentley Squeamish

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The thing Bentley remembered most about her was she had no body odor. None.

Cobbler's Clinch

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“If Sir would observe, the storm welt, a shoe for the big occasion, a shoe that will guide sir through the dismal passages, a shoe that will roar in the face of adversity and …”