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I could feel the old house skulking in the shadows. In the basement I used to play in the dark, shine a flashlight on the angular black widows creeping in the corners, feed them ants and silverfish and flies with the wings pulled off so the web wouldn’
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My brother used to hang a pair of panty hose over his fireplace before Christmas. He said all he wanted was for Santa to fill them ..
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feet that would run until their soles were pages of Gideon’s Bibles, worn too thin to touch
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Frank sat next to her on the gurney and squeezed her hand. "You're going to be okay, Astrid. You're going to wake and it's going to be over and you're going to be okay."
"You don't know that," she said.
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And a delicacy
in the right regrets.
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My face in your face The light in your eyes Dancing and twirling Growing, alive A hall of mirrors reflecting me Shards of glass Silver and black Injure and cut Years of bad luck A hall of mirrors protecting me Wrinkles and bags Time's been unkind Disease and…
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We didn't know him from Adam...
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The supervisor, sensing the fear in me, pats my hand and says "Never you mind! This is normal in the tomato. Every few days we rile up, make sauce, and regrow again. Have you ever been in spaghetti sauce before?"
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Funny, funny stuff. She'll be here all week--be sure and tip your speech therapist!
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pens loaded with ink/exceeding or equal to/my volume of blood.
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Quantum transport rearranges grandma.
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In the last test Anna barely managed to stay within the limit, but right now she had problems with her father in law who’s been luring her husband into alcohol, and with her husband who’s been luring the father in law into drugs.
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Essences of bull and bison,//
stag and horse, illuminate/
the stony underground.
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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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A man wearing a dark green coat closed the door loudly. Tanu sat up straight, and stared at him. He looked around till he found her face and sat down in front of her.
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With each step, that cold hand steals ever upward.
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Microscopic purposes emerged//
with their combinations and permutations
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Weight of faithlessness...
Mist
Of bodily
Existence
Grave expectations for the future
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Warning: Open and read before making any dumb-ass New Year's resolutions.
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My sister / craves raisons
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This is the most frustrating kind of amnesia.
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Don and I return to Rasheed's room on the top floor of the middle house where Uzma sits waiting to speak her piece. I'm feeling blessed listening to their enthusiastic chatter. It's like the world is opening up to me again, allowing me to experience a rush of…
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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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We discussed the epic poems/
and agreed to write a new one.
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Everything needs context, otherwise reality would be nothing more than stardust with a spark.
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And in the end we're crouched over like children / sifting through this tide-pool
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Here’s the keys to the house
Here’s the keys to the car
I’m going out and I don’t care
I’m going out to buy a cigar
Don’t bother locking up after I leave
I’m not coming back anymore
I’m going to drink whiskey out of a jar
Go out and buy
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