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What did it mean? What would a psychologist say? Oh, who cares. In my opinion, we ask why, what, when, where, and how too often.
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157621
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Ben was in no mood for games. His ribs hurt and his eye was painful. He would have to tell this girl, who had flicked her tongue in his ear and who did not sound like Sophie, to get lost
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One can watch the grass green/
in response. One can watch the world green/
in response.
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1576146
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R just sent me a funny text:
Nice nice shit rainbows
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157654
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It was uncomfortable to realize people had agendas. That there could be invisible realities.
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157665
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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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157641
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On our back porch, the tiki torches are lit and so am I.
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The number is very large/
and perpetually changes//
as old stars fade, explode,/
or collapse into something not stars
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157541
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Infinite patience, tempered glass hearts—is this what it takes? /
Shatterproof backtrack, slow march through reversals—too, what it takes.
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157511
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1575106
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People Who Go to Poems for Truth
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157500
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The Kid, The Executive, The Doctor, and The Actress.
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157500
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"Nothingness had had enough. Nothingness had become militant. It had bought a camouflage jacket. It grew an afro. It burned its bra. Nothingness was pissed, and it wanted its stuff back."
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157574
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Easing her hand with her other hand.
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157531
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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
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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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157531
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The man had decided that this was going to be his last day. He’d find out one final thing and he’d be done. He had spent the last few years of his life unwinding things that had been wound and untying knots that had been tied.
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157531
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Nothing is ever hoarded in our house, everything is eaten.
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157500
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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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157500
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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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Charles tapped the anger management code on his steering wheel. He rolled down his street and saw Jack Watson throwing stuff into the trunk of his black Volvo coupe. He waved, but Jack did not wave back. Jack's face was blazing red. He looked like he might have a…
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If I seemed disappointed after our conversation,
then, for the record, that was never the case.
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. . . he wants to organize society into its most efficient configuration with everyone thinking alike and willingly cooperating. Only then, he believes, can humanity reach its full potential.
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because you pay/
for it to matter to me.
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chains across all the old doors
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157443
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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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157431
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My mind raced at the endless possibilities one could die while driving to get a pizza.
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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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