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The man's dog slipped away one night. He left soon after.
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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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Culloden County, MS - 1989 All Janine knew was the idiot had a gun. As to why he would ever need one was beyond her. He couldn't look dumber holding it, either. He was too small for it, or at least he looked that way to…
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You left for the glittery wild of West Hollywood. I guess L.A.'s off-limits now. My heart goes fucking tachy when I drive over Kellogg Hill past Forest Lawn and see the skyline glowing through the rainbow haze of sunset. You're out there, out in the…
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under your skin the moon is alive
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The way each intersection in a city where you’ve lived a while becomes layered with personal archeology.
The cafe that replaced a liquor store you avoided, and the friend (or lover) you broke up with there,
and the way on the day of the big fire you
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A woman posted a story on Fictionaut about discovering that her husband was a werewolf.
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chains across all the old doors
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We now live in post-Postmodern Absurdist fear of course, says our smiling Prof. That’s the price we pay he tells us. . . .
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I’m decades in and it hasn’t gone away.
In all other respects, I am normal. Life
is hard, but I’m not complaining. The thing
is, I am in a constant state of falling.
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Shadows are so admirable in film noir
less so on x-rays and mammograms
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she shivered in the ceasefire like a virginal nude brought to life.
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blueberry tea and vodka on a Friday night
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Somniloquies rise like the drowned . . .
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My ChurchThe white dressThe bridesmaidsThe friends, the familySadnessMy church knewno music
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160698
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"Sara, do you taketh it with your eyes?"
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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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The thing Bentley remembered most about her was she had no body odor. None.
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The snow buzzes in the Ritalin air beneath Dairy Queen clouds
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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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I’m from the Land of Sky Blue Waters. I grew up in a lake. I think I’m half fish.
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Scientists have discovered what I already did once on dope
way back in the Sixties.
There are so many other earths out there
that they are almost infinite.
Now in our other lives we have to
shuttle from planet to planet
reading our poems. And
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Velvet answered the door in a red leather dress that was made with just about enough material to make a wallet, and looking like a long limbed drink of water calling out to a thirsty man.
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“We’re never going to get off the treadmill of paying ever-higher taxes," I said, "unless we get some creative suggestions from a professional bisexual tax advisor.”
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I don’t know what to do with all this money flowing from my books.
It’s burning a hole in my literary pocket.
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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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No twinkle- so, planet, not star./
And bright, so either Venus/
or Jupiter. I’m guessing, Jupiter.
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There was a knock at the front door of Apartment Number 9. Ace Quana tried to beat his wiener dog, Little Ace to the door, but he could not. For while Little Ace had stubby legs like wet…
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