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I wander toward the midnight dock
a neon sine curve stabs my eyes
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When the sex that is new and promising in its awkward moments is over, you turn to him. You expect that he’s figuring out a way to leave; the parts of you that know wait for him to stand up and put his clothes back on, quicker and with more eagerness than
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I asked the hospice nurse about maggots.
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Words darken with smut and irony over time.
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This liberated you/
to grind me hard/
on the dance floor
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Nothing changes; the moon arcs its mindful lemon eye. . .
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141800
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Mayumi and Emi were in the spring’s together, center of the pool at shoulder depth. Emi stood in the center, letting its warm and clean air clear out her thoughts.
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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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—Mazel tov, schmazel tov!
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I said, “If this rose doesn't grow another petal in twenty minutes, I'm burning down the neighborhood.” “Just let it go,” said Paul. “No,” I said. “That's what's happening right here.” “You'll try again next…
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Jason, the obnoxious host, thrusts his microphone against my nose.
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141886
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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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Marie was on the roof. The deck, with its cool concrete pavers and faded cedar Adirondack chairs, was one of the reasons she and Harold had bought their condo in this building. The only ugly part of the roof was the chain-link fence along its edge; soon after they moved…
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Ivan was used to explosions, but this was high in the sky. He was on his back between tall sunflowers that grew infinitely in all directions. The blast made the flowers bow their heads. Bits of debris fell from the blue sky, some shiny, trailing fire or smoke. The boy…
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Things don't always go to plan. Gem knew what people would have said back then, of course. She wasn't stupid.
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141854
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The Zone is a garden of skyscrapers. Every building is a model.
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141800
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Warranties are what made America great, although hers has expired and the mailbox will remain empty for another fifteen days.
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141865
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With each step, that cold hand steals ever upward.
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141831
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Nothing is ever hoarded in our house, everything is eaten.
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141853
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Most times a vertical word balloon floats before him.
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141831
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When Carlton Hanks bought the house on the corner of Annunciation and General Pershing, right next to St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, he believed that he’d live in peace.
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141832
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He is an exercise in humility:What I cannot have or be. The chances of our meetingand his perfection are darkly astronomical. There are plenty of otherswhose riches I cannot have,why envy him?We are similar in spritbut have different fortunes.It is unfair and…
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141822
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When you're scared to write badly, that's when you write. You are probably trying to tell the truth.
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even from the moon our planet’s truth has not been seen.
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141731
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black
hair/ (damp)
around her ears
Keys on the
table
Drinking coffee
from a glass
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141732
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I turned a maiden to a witch / and back again
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No matter how much he composes and prepares, he cannot override the electrical trigger in his brain. Something to do with the resonance of physical memory. It remembers amplitudes of current.
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