1444 6 6
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I sneak glances of her unhooking the clasp, taking it off, so that her back is bare, and I can see the muscles, the bones underneath move as she puts the new one on...
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1444149
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everything moved in circles
like the music, the booze and the drugs
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144433
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sometimes i have to be in the other room
just so i can breathe easy away from you.
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144451
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She wasn't even trying to live.
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144353
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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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144311
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It was two days to town. His horse could only go one.
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144332
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To him the younger women, contemporaries of the bride, all sounded as if they were breathing helium.
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144331
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There was a hole in my tooth. It wouldn't let anything go.
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144321
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Funny, funny stuff. She'll be here all week--be sure and tip your speech therapist!
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144322
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It’s End of the World Karaoke at Big Daddy’s and Lara takes a photo of herself for Facebook before she goes on stage. She’s holding a basket of nachos in one hand and her phone in the other. After she takes the photo, she says, to Javier, “Hold these,” an
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144331
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black
hair/ (damp)
around her ears
Keys on the
table
Drinking coffee
from a glass
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144398
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"Sara, do you taketh it with your eyes?"
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144300
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In our first conversation, she tells me love is a dragon: she has come across it’s destruction, hears of it’s size, mythology, of it’s immorality. I sip my hot cocoa (God, I pray she thinks it is coffee)...
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14431110
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My father bouncing his leg to slow rock music with me on one knee, telling me I should keep a special place in my heart for my teeth, to remember where I lose them, on the playground like he did when he was my age, fighting a friend named Bobby-Joe. Or else I could lose…
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1443128
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Larry works the concession stand / near the pier.
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144312
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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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144394
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When it starts looking bad enough, I bundle up and head out the door.
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144344
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It was one of those weekday mornings in early spring when Marjorie and I could wander from chapel to chapter house with only security guards for company.
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144342
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They continued sitting by the fake oasis, drinking single malt, eating soy crackers and chatting about the quality of escorts in glitzy glamping resorts. The Paring happened on number three. Just as the gold leafed chocolate fondant oozed decadent Bolivia
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14431111
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Why do people kill themselves with food? It’s obvious, I suppose. They’re hungry.
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14431710
|
my family's Scottish heritage
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144300
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Emi watched the Perez sisters show each other support. It brought back memories of Mayumi giving her support, even fighting for her.
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144397
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Weight of faithlessness...
Mist
Of bodily
Existence
Grave expectations for the future
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144331
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What follows is one of those moments, though to some people, it would seem a fantasy, perhaps a "Wizard of Oz" era tale.
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144398
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Years later he surveys this place again to post something, anything. He plays "sex on fire," sounds that once fueled him. Now he knows the song is about VD, not unbridled potency. Names and words all seem at once familiar and numbing and noise. He once wanted fame or…
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144386
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The world is upon us. The only thing that matters Now is if you are willing to be seen by them. Many moths Will be hidden by simply gathering on the bark Of the one tree, but this will not sustain you if you Do not also have the courage…
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144375
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Nine sated elephants and an ass sit around a decimated Thanksgiving table discussing the state of the union over the hacked to bits carcass of a twenty-three pound turkey. Two years in to The Great Communicator's Lame Duck term and the nine elephants, whose…
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144284
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God had decided to resign. Not even two weeks notice. He just resigned. Point blank.
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14421410
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Warning: some of this is true, some of this is not.
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144200
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1. HeWomen's heads turned when Remy stopped in the doorway — as they always did. He noticed — as he always did — but paid no attention as he scanned the room. Too nervy to care. No sign of Fiona. Good. It paid to be the one doing the…
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