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A delicate thrill buzzed my face.
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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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Nothing is ever hoarded in our house, everything is eaten.
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Most times a vertical word balloon floats before him.
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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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When you're scared to write badly, that's when you write. You are probably trying to tell the truth.
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This liberated you/
to grind me hard/
on the dance floor
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The universe will fuck you over in the end./
That’s what it does, what it’s good at—
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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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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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141731
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black
hair/ (damp)
around her ears
Keys on the
table
Drinking coffee
from a glass
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Jason, the obnoxious host, thrusts his microphone against my nose.
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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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Early on, I looked for work; I walked the want-ad trail. Shuttle-driver, apartment leasing expert, laundry technician, account executive, PHP developer, dog sitter, sleep study subject – I would do anything that seemed steady.
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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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141753
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under your skin the moon is alive
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With each step, that cold hand steals ever upward.
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The flash of love was real, the life within her was real, and the main thing now was to climb.
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It was uncomfortable to realize people had agendas. That there could be invisible realities.
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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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Words darken with smut and irony over time.
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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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even from the moon our planet’s truth has not been seen.
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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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Detective-Sergeant Claude Mulvihill was seasick. He was in a New York City Harbor Police boat in the East River headed towards the George Washington Bridge. There was a good chop in the harbor, which became worse when the Police Boat reached the Battery.
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