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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.
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163044
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unwrapping
the gauze from her wrists....
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163031
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Nothing is ever hoarded in our house, everything is eaten.
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163052
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Roy Carver owned a big tire retreading outfit over on the Mississippi.
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163077
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A new philosophy stirs in its surgery.
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163041
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"His middle name is Valentine, and when asked about it, he isn't sure why."
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162921
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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
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16291410
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The knees remind you: you are old,/
and broken, and unlikely to improve
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162952
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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?”
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1629117
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the swarthy terror network
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162900
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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.
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162971
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Things don't always go to plan. Gem knew what people would have said back then, of course. She wasn't stupid.
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162994
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This guy struts and never walks, and while doing so he reads and sends text messages and emails from his smart phone and so never walks in a straight line.
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162933
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ABSOLUTELY DO NOT TAKE PICTURES OF ROBOTS!
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162973
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I sat in the dark, mashing damp sand like clumps of brown sugar into my palm while the heavy Gulf air blew my hair into ropes. Sometimes I worried that I was unable to need people, but, as much as the thought upset me, I couldn't make myself truly want t
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1629146
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R just sent me a funny text:
Nice nice shit rainbows
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162977
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"We're practicing," she signs, "for an earthquake."
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162900
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This is the most frustrating kind of amnesia.
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162965
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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
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162974
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They were
obviously having
some secret
beach affair.
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162821
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The supervisor, sensing the fear in me, pats my hand and says "Never you mind! This is normal in the tomato. Every few days we rile up, make sauce, and regrow again. Have you ever been in spaghetti sauce before?"
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162844
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I want to ask him why not now, right here on the living room floor when Rosie is out for the day. Instead, I suggest Sunday afternoon. I can make grilled cheese sandwiches and we'll eat them on the veranda. I'll take off my tennis skirt and unbutton my...
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162895
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The world doesn'tend just becauseyou want it to.Bonus poems:The Poet(Series 1)by Darryl PricePoet in a TreeYeah, well, it's not up here either. Although the everything and nothing view is nice. Only because it doesn't have any abandoned cars in it. I'm…
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162810
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She took a deep breath. Last night, she said, Who was the woman?
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162865
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His looks were polished like his shoes, his hair as black. No one would have guessed he made his living as a thief.
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162833
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They look like giant golden raindrops, or flying saucers, or peculiar fish out of their element
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162854
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The war they wage fills everything with holes.
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162811
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But Jake doesn't hear anything. He is pure, unfiltered, liquid rage. Jake kicks Rolex dude once, twice, five times in the ribs. On the last kick, there is a snapping sound.
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162821
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The leaves were meaningless because they were no longer connected to the trees.
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