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I dreamt once
a child’s drawing of a house
all scribbly black crayon
swayback roof crooked
chimney. God, do you
remember how cold it was
that night?
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There is no cement stronger than the one holding a miserable couple together.
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The Misses Moses by Brad Watson from Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives The Moses sisters lived together, alone, in the fine old brick house near downtown where they…
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They were working on the factory floor when they died, the auspices of mayhem filtering out to a host of ravens gleaning the neighboring fields. Clouds of them fled the scene around the time of the incident turning the day into twilight…
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On that balcony, on every other day, she practised her other, more worldly religion - gardening, specifically sunflowers.
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empty wine bottles, and a single abandoned boot
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The universe will fuck you over in the end./
That’s what it does, what it’s good at—
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Snipers wear camouflage clothing to avoid being seen. It wouldn’t do for a sniper to be seen because then the sniper might become the snipee.
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Gravity? What does that have to do with writing or with this improbable tether of blue marbles?
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The war they wage fills everything with holes.
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The sun was at the edge of the earth. The shadows around Ayane and her friends brought the creature closer.
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jaws blossoming with drool,/ a captured wolf slinks low/ across the crowded land/ for that most tender lamb/ to catch it by surprise.
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Jojo dolls & basketballs
a mindflex & pick-up sticks
Parcheesi and—no, not Parcheesi
a supersoaker, a Care Bear
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Mercury and Gemini disappointed.
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To tell the truth, I can’t complain. Look, lots of people have it tough. I don’t have it tough...
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Crack open the roof-- raise the battery on a platform with chains
up into the lightning
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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…
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Its intelligence won’t be/
diminished when you take/
a bone saw to its cranium
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Zorro lived in his mother’s basement until he could get back on his feet.
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A look flashed across his face as if someone had hooked up his genitals to a car battery.
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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 …
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The catchy tune and cloying lyrics/
nonetheless etch their patterns
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Part of me feels like a wounded animal surrounded by hungry cougars. Another part of me feels like being mauled by a cougar might not be that bad. A third part of me wishes he could punch the second part of me in the face.
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We discussed the epic poems/
and agreed to write a new one.
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Your favorite nickname
existed only in the bright red
cherry smoldering
at the end of your smoke.
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Mo Dean woke up sober.
And tired.
Tired of life, of soiled pants, rash, vomit, and whiskey sweat. Tired of holes in his pockets and blisters on his feet, of hanging signs asking for dimes and getting only pennies. And most of all, tired of the police.
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We can’t be sure. Perhaps it is/
some slight exaggeration of one/
or several elements that steals our breath.
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"Do you know how long they've waited for you?" Elle asked. "At first, it was every day after school, waiting at the windows. They wouldn't go play with friends because they wanted to be here, in case you returned. Then, they used to believe you would come
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