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We Loved We Laughed We Cried

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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.

Oh, Baby!

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One of the drunk men, a dear friend, hunk, as he updated me, now living the existence of a poet, called from San Francisco to say he would take the plane to Minneapolis, do it, then leave me to raise the baby.

Roy and Ray

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Roy Carver owned a big tire retreading outfit over on the Mississippi.

Raft and Rag

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A new philosophy stirs in its surgery.

The Glass

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Not only half-full/ but stress-fractured

Toad On Fire

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“I would like to keep my head, at least for a few more nights. Didn't you say we were gonna have sex one of these days? Isn't that in the manual?”

Redbeard the Communist Pirate

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True facts about Redbeard the communist pirate.

Honoring Heritage

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salmon sits gentler on my palate

Arcana Magi Zero + Pure - c.5

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Takashi and Hideki stared at the pool of grey Mana. A scientist carefully contained some of the mist into a container.

On The Stoop

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The leaves were meaningless because they were no longer connected to the trees.

check-out at the super saver center

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There is truth you can’t escape or say any other way and expect it still to be truth.

Did You Get Two

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“106 more miles,” she said.

Boys

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He came to a spot on the edge of the strawberry fields where he liked to sit with his brother and watch the turkey buzzards circle overhead

Naked Launch

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I enjoy launching words into space. Please dangle a moment here while I prepare the next sentence. Ok. You can come in now. Take boiling for instance. And hawsers. The sound of words on a sheet of paper. The manifesto for a roll of sleep. Sleep is oblivious to…

Decades

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Every ten days, the Decadent Sisters assembled for dinner. Although raised together, they were each very different...

Love Me Like It's Midnight

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We are young That’s all we’ve got We take drugs We smoke pot You got mugged And I got shot We are young That’s all we’ve got I want you to love me like it’s midnight Midnight, midnight Yeah, your mama wants you home But she knows

The Poet Faces a Government Shutdown

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R just sent me a funny text: Nice nice shit rainbows

The Way Home

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Her back turned, she wanders off searching for the way home wringing her hands, trying to think, but thoughts evade her.

Jouissance

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BECAUSE to fuck is an incidental REASON to be here

New World

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The flash of love was real, the life within her was real, and the main thing now was to climb.

The Game

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"We're practicing," she signs, "for an earthquake."

Twinsburg

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We knew this year would be different because we bought bikinis. We had never worn bikinis before. Our swimsuits had always been shiny one-pieces with stripes, or polka dots, or tiny yellow fish. Not this year. It was a hot summer and the department store was overly …

The Ogontz Branch

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There are stories I will not tell, stories I shudder / to remember. You'll forgive me for withholding them from you. / You may, of course, not tell me everything about yourself either

The Glory Leak

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This is the most frustrating kind of amnesia.

Building Furniture Houses

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“Let me in,” I begged. “No. Get back stinky feet.” “I washed them.”

Valentine

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

Doctor My Eyes: The Ultimate Cataract Surgery Mix Tape

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Q: What's the best song to sing to your doc before cataract surgery? A: I Only Have Eyes For You

Shim

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better than being dead

A Little Lotion Talk

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They were obviously having some secret beach affair.

Joking

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I don't care much for Joking, which is not to say that I don't care at all for Joking, just that I don't care much. I would say, if I had to say, that I care for Joking about as much as I care for a cousin, not a close cousin, one I have a genuine frien