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His academic nightmare is set in an examination hall, where the student takes a seat at a folding table in the center of the room.
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155785
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When Frank entered Michiko’s apartment, Michiko was not there.
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155784
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You don't want to knowthe details of my lifethe gossipthe boring moments strung togetheracross the lap ofmy sense of responsibilityit drives methrough the daysdoing this and thatchore, check on the listi am tired and need to stop for a drinkand then, i am filled up for a…
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155743
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A story about convincing people to do things they don't want to do, written entirely in dialogue; originally published by CHEAP POP.
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155761
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I do not know what zinzins is, what a zinzins is, who zinzins is.
I do not want to know
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155765
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in the deep dark of
a 2 a.m. atmosphere
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155786
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If I seemed disappointed after our conversation,
then, for the record, that was never the case.
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155721
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They could cram Rob inside the trunk and then drop him somewhere in the dingles.
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155622
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There's a large tunnel that runs under my house. I can only estimate but it's not deep below the ground and that's what worries me.
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155697
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After lunch I left my office and trickled along like a slow leak, a notch above meandering; gravity had become a lateral force that pulled me forward.
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155654
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I was always bi-polar. I didn’t realize it was a mental illness until my divorce lawyer had the court order a psychiatric analysis.
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155652
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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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155694
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Later, when she said she'd had miscarriages, I should have put it all together.
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155621
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the little crummy salon that churned out little fat women with pinked curly hair
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155600
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The Kid, The Executive, The Doctor, and The Actress.
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155622
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Jason, the obnoxious host, thrusts his microphone against my nose.
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155620
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You beckon me with an aperitif.
The Kir Royal tingles, its bubbles tickling my nose.
Its subtle black courant pulls me into your smile.
I drink from your lips the champagne-tingle of your kiss.
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155610
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Row,
Caps of white,
A salted escape
beneath reflected light.
Brother, remember those old lies?
I’m off to sea to make those things right,
now.
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155621
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155640
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We’re more into the punishment that works its way in through the skin and coats the heart anonymously.
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15561814
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The phone rings. The oven beeps./
The locomotive whistles and howls.
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155687
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I imagine you in the States,
pushing stacks of work papers and our memories
to the side, sense your enjoyment that
you won’t see the worry of your
behavior reflected in my eyes again.
That you can buy and bang and be
whomever you want,
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15562112
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No twinkle- so, planet, not star./
And bright, so either Venus/
or Jupiter. I’m guessing, Jupiter.
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1556158
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She is too stylish to be crazy, is what the migrant probably thinks. And he's right.
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15561511
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Early Spring, 1075, Northumbria: Judith, too ashamed to speak, too angry to cry, waves her handmaiden away. She wants no food. Wind drives icy rain across the thickness of…
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155600
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"I want more grandchildren to spoil," the woman said. Will took a swig of beer at such moments. Maxine only answered with “someday” and looked over toward her husband. She knew it was his fault, didn’t really know why, but blamed him anyway.
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155664
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"You'll be alright! Just pinch your nose!"
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155610
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Three teeth. You can pick them out if you hit pause just right. Probably not a person in the entire valley who hasn’t seen that video from the Eastern Cheerleading Finals. They even showed the tape on the eleven o’clock news in Scranton, my face ci
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155622
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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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1555114
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He is leaning back against a pillar watching the dancing; a spectator to joy – both planned and spontaneous – that’s unfolding in bodies fourteen and fifteen years old in front of him.
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