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Achieving Inner Peace without facebook

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There was an empty box on his facebook page asking to be filled in with, “What’s on your mind?” He thought. "Hair?"

On a Count of the Stars

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The number is very large/ and perpetually changes// as old stars fade, explode,/ or collapse into something not stars

Impotent

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A spire that had stood one hundred and forty years fell in a single second of the blackest day.

perfectly...fine...

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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…

THANKS FOR TRYING TO RUIN MY DAY!

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If you work with the public, you're stressed. Unreasonable customers. Demanding bosses. Reduced staffing. I love my job, but the workload is tough and getting tougher. What can we do to keep our spirits up?Play Customer Appreciation! It's simple. Assign a point value…

The City of Lights

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Paris is a great place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there.

The Mix Tape

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I made her a mix tape. It was revolutionary. Twenty-two songs she had to hear at least once in her life. I even drew some trippy drug-like designs on the label of the CD to make it seem more real. It was the ocean and the sun and every body of land balled up…

#2 Feeding Fire (Poetry)

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It is like truth on the battle field. Muted

Polo

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“You look strangely familiar,” he said, taking a drink and swinging his leg over the horse, landing on the ground beside me ...

The Judge's Wife Part 4

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—Well, are you having an affair with Jack Mahler?

Streets of Gold

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I was beyond broke.

By Derangement of All Our Senses

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We will collapse in a storm of images

Great Rift Valley

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she shivered in the ceasefire like a virginal nude brought to life.

Alternate Tale

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Suppose Eve, strolling through the sunlit Garden, had not stumbled on that particular Tree at all, the wily serpent twined in its lower branches?

Echoes

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...Heroin. It helped them get through the tricks and sucked up their flesh.

to a gregarious stranger

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Three lines.

Saturday Morning

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Saturday morning, and I’m pushing the old truck a little, chasing retreating bands of cloud shadows along a winding hilltop road.

The Night Shore

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Somniloquies rise like the drowned . . .

The Queen of the Underground

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Study decay, says the Queen of the Underground.

For My F-Fellow St-Stutterers

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Funny, funny stuff. She'll be here all week--be sure and tip your speech therapist!

Camp Lake (excerpt)

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In retrospect, we should have been a cult.

The Rest of the Story of Mom

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Easing her hand with her other hand.

Fear in a Handful of Dust

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I fear my personal information travels the World Wide Web/ and mad Ukrainians will steal my name and wealth./ I fear the fiscal cliff and raising the ceiling on national debt./ I fear a death by taxes.

Off Island

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There were only six passengers aboard the small ferry...

Sounds like leaving

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chains across all the old doors

A Good Man

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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…

Desire

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She said “I have to go”, he answered with his eyes “Don't” and they stepped closer to each other in the kitchen, a step on the tiled floor, the remnants of their tea cold on the counter top.

Tootsie Roll

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I can’t decide whether I want to be buried or cremated when I die.

Homeless

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blueberry tea and vodka on a Friday night

The Nude Pianist: A Novel: Chapter 31

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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.