1538 9 8
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we name invasive species,
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153894
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When it starts looking bad enough, I bundle up and head out the door.
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The question isn't whether we will survive-/
like rats, we are supremely adaptive-//
but whether we should survive.
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153822
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Many weddings took place at the foot of the Astronomical Clock Tower. One every hour, on the hour. It turned out these were set-up photo shoots for things like men’s cologne, brocade bridal gowns, and smoked carp. At night we wandered around the many
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153753
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The tax man he is coming
But I got me no dough
Been looking for some new job
That’s going really slow
I bought a lottery ticket
But dropped it down the well
I went to see the psychic
She said I’d go to hell
Can’t cope, I just can’t cope
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153775
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Nothing changes; the moon arcs its mindful lemon eye. . .
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I had never seen anyone die. For first time in my life, I was afraid, even more than when my step-dad got drunk and roughed me up. When Dale Franklin got shot last year standing on the corner outside the laundry-mat it took the ambulance forty-five minu
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15371613
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The body is an endless safari
filled with rhino sightings
and encounters with antelope.
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153700
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Captain Zeep came to Earth at last century's end to help pave the way for a Zorkian takeover by 2012 at the latest. Key to the game plan: Earthlings had to get dumber than eggplants. When George Bush stole the White House, Zeep figured, Bingo, dumb…
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What time is it? 3:47. Adam says before 5 is too early. Maybe he should stay home with our daughters once in a while. Let’s see him make it to 5 o’clock. It is Friday. I’ll mix it with orange juice. He never notices.
I better check on Debra.
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153700
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His name is Rick Reynolds. His name is Steve Redford.
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153796
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New waitress/bartender
draws my attention to
bare ankles and red hair
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I didn’t see the little boy run up to Bandit until it was too late. The kid was about four and was excited to see such a big dog. He reached out his hand to pat Bandit’s head and Bandit lunged at him. The leash was wrenched from my hand, leaving a bloody
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The one thing I believe in is collapse./
Abandoned buildings collapse. Civilizations//
collapse. Financial bubbles collapse./
Stars and galaxies collapse. Falling//
is something that comes quite naturally/
to puffed up things.
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Auto and the Grease-Pits
Sugar Cube
Full Frontal
The Holy Grill
Crazy Al and the Squirrels
Talk Is Cheap
Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Cold Zippers
Destiny Howl
Epiphany Critter
Cold Kneecaps
Crepes
Pulled Pork
Baby Seals and the Club
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15371111
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Why do people kill themselves with food? It’s obvious, I suppose. They’re hungry.
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153755
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Black bugs are falling, fluttering down
like big, black snow flakes.
Two bugs, almost always,
sometimes only one.
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1537109
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He just up and dropped dead one day, Charles said. Pretty tough on Karen, I opined. Charles looked the other way.
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153711
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feet soft as eyelids on the tarmac
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153788
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I could hide away in this tower
But I am Rapunzel
And I will let down my hair
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1536107
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I have known a head become / a callus, matriculate, stop / shaving, move to Vegas
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153621
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Her eyeballs are made of fur, like plush little bumblebees at home in her sockets.
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153687
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Study decay, says the Queen of the Underground.
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1536116
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Today’s new YouTube kitten;
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153672
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A wave lifted me from my seat, scattering more drops of vomit around, and I thought nastily about bringing the motion sickness bracelets back inside, dripping bags in tow, to ask for a refund.
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153640
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They keep
shining
against each
other
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153600
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Alysia and Megumi made their magic circles, but they stopped short when they saw a young man at the end of the street. Their eyes trembled and their feet moved them back without thought.
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153643
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some days you wake up/ to feel horror/ wrapped beneath your blanket./
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153644
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My flash kept going off. The museum officials are strict about such matters. Sans flash! Sans flash, Monsieur!
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The window washer started saving pigeons whose feet were wrapped in fine black thread, the result, he informed me, of picking through trash bins. They are very intelligent, he went on to explain. (Right, trash bins, I thought to myself.) People tend to av
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