1466 13 12
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We discussed the epic poems/
and agreed to write a new one.
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146532
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How long have you been waiting for me? How long?
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146566
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Then I am wearing a brightly colored raincoat while sitting on a deck among hundreds of tiny glowing spores
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146554
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The war they wage fills everything with holes.
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1465117
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the swarthy terror network
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146500
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"You look awfully familiar," said one of the corrupt oil company execs to the dark-haired man with the sunglasses and big sideburns.
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1465154
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A delicate thrill buzzed my face.
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146511
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Route 346 is the way Pop drove to Troy long after everybody else took Route 2. Today Charlie and I drive in the opposite direction. Back then, Pop drove us to Troy on Route 346 on Sunday afternoons with the car windows…
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1465149
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the wind mistook your arms for wings
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146554
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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.
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1465107
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We keep a ruin of a house, but I suppose it's all right.
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146531
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My mind raced at the endless possibilities one could die while driving to get a pizza.
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146522
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Exhausted, weak from the struggle against the personal gift of terrorism delivered by her ex-boyfriend, she died for a few minutes.
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146586
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WANTED: a Muse.
Former Special Forces solider turned poet seeking artistic inspiration. Brunettes preferred but blondes will not be turned away; gingers, however, are out of the question. Must have a voice that sounds like money, a self-destructive tem
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1464710
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From room to room, neither closet nor drawer contained any remnant of pleasant memory.
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146461
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Mr. Wazzeldot has seven legs. He lives very comfortably. He likes to sit by the fire. There's a large cushion for a chair, and in the evenings, he sips his Bloody Marys. I know because I visit him…
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146421
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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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146444
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Dear Conrad,
If you cannot control your dog’s barking I’ll rig up a loud speaker facing the general direction of your house, and every time your mutt starts howling at the moon, I’ll start playing “It’s a Small World (After All)” at top volume on the p
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146400
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The restaurant was not open yet, but Ayane stood behind the counter preparing tea for everyone. She was quiet as she saw Hideki and Mayumi alone in a booth talking.
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146432
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it's the constant reminders of something that was never a constant remind her but i suppose there is no ticking clock on that which is wondrous and it was right right it's hard to come up with cleverly phrased universal truths and it's hard to make…
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146431
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The poppers, the Viagra, the chorizo – all had been ordered and all had arrived.
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146400
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Captain Zeep came to Earth at last century's end to help pave the way for a Zorkian takeover by 2012 at the latest. Key to the game plan: Earthlings had to get dumber than eggplants. When George Bush stole the White House, Zeep figured, Bingo, dumb…
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146494
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Later, when she said she'd had miscarriages, I should have put it all together.
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146497
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1464109
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...when they decided to teach her a lesson, it was with particular vigor and vitriol...
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146432
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When we arriveand are met by strange friendsstrange like the fog on the redreed mudflatsthat span the low tide around Incheon -When we arrivecarrying so much we will not needlike the bus they hire to take us through the darksix people to fill so much more space - When…
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146496
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14642714
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Its intelligence won’t be/
diminished when you take/
a bone saw to its cranium
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146485
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When Frank entered Michiko’s apartment, Michiko was not there.
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146451
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Juan’s tío, Richard, who works for the city and is the kind of Mexican who thinks he isn’t, took care of the lawyer. Juan checks himself in the mirror, didn’t know how good dressing fancy would feel.
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