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The Important Story

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The best thing about being a cowboy is the cows.

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

Valentine

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

End of Shift

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

The First Time

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Do you remember who I am yet? I remember the first time you made love to me. It appears I was one of the lucky ones … it wasn’t in a car, it wasn’t in your Dad’s boat, underwater, or any other weird place you've written about. It was actual

Over The Moon

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She was as beautiful as flowers in a dream

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.

"Beautiful Boy! I am doomed"

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Beautiful boy! I am doomed / to have attended your presence; / time consumes us, but you / have changed so little...

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.

Placeholders

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Everyone falls,

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.

Arrivals

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The poppers, the Viagra, the chorizo – all had been ordered and all had arrived.

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.

clutter

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am i a coin

Drinks With Jeffrey (adult content)

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He pours both of us another drink and I take a gulp, even though it seems to be half vodka. My body slows, the alcohol confusing my nervous system. I rest my head on his shoulder. He doesn’t reach out to me. I wonder if this makes me the aggressor, but, a

Chatter

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The night before his mother's teeth began chattering.

Event Particle 12

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The snow buzzes in the Ritalin air beneath Dairy Queen clouds

Alarming Apples

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I struck up a conversation with the cricket. We talked about Super Nintendo and cookies and we fell asleep on the boulder. The next morning, I woke up and offered the cricket a donut. He enjoyed the donut thoroughly...

the true bliss of objects is entropy

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What the tumbler meant

Thalassophobia

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

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

Expiration Date

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Ever since they switched from paper scripts to the little rubber balls branded with code I have been inundated with sickness.

The Taming

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N-n-never screamscold a cat.

The Faraday Effect

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Because he tells her to, she puts on a vintage Easter dress one size too small and sprawls in a circle of light on the dusty floor...

The Stranger I : Vic's

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The location : Vic's Seedy Space Bar. No, that's not just a description, that's the real name.

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."