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I've got an appointment to see my shrink next Wednesday. She's pretty sharp. Not bad looking, either.
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I am a buttress against chaos. And now I am turning yellow.
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black
hair/ (damp)
around her ears
Keys on the
table
Drinking coffee
from a glass
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The women in the clinic called her misis luluai – it means white woman chief, it was a compliment.
She always wore crazy outfits. High heels and pantyhose. And tight, tight skirts. My wife never trusted her because of that
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The bathroom faucet is leaking again. Do they make diapers for faucets?
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“I guess I'm enchanted,” I'd written on another occasion.
“Then why don't you ride out here and save me? Is your horse lame or something? Maybe you could just kill me and make us both happy.”
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Everything seems still, but it's not.
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7:23. The grid abandons us.
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159400
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I was sleeping in a pile of teenage bodies soft limb spread over soft thin limb.
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159440
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Over the years, Morgana had grown. She was so much more than what Xavier remembered. So much different. She had an astute, almost shrewd air about her. She didn't seem nearly as fragile as he had left her. No, she had an eye out for herself now.…
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In his inexpert mouth they drone/
mechanically along without the lilt/
or cadence of an Irishman/
or Englishman or German.
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I asked her how she came to be at our little party. We all knew she was an intern. What would she want with the likes of us, the orderlies and techs and strays? She just held up Ed's flyer and said, "Why not?" But she didn't look happy. We fired up and someone said, "Let's…
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But I think what I remember most was Lynda really letting me have it. “Right now I’m seeing this married farmer out in Western Illinois. I met him at this bar out there called the Peppermint Lounge. Boy, they sure know me out there! Funny how every town
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His eyes were marbles floating over a void.
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... his skin glistened
like a sharp blade
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This story* is brought to you by
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You master their secrets. Mirror adjusters... Air conditioning knobs... Fuel door releases... Changing their satellites to Mojo Nixon. But you never really know them.
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Many hours to make a brick: many bricks to make a curve.
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I packed food for a lifetime, clothes and boots, all the guns, and the audio of our poetry...
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I let go of my properties, my work.
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SapphicsSlumber comes too late to scare awakening; I know, before, there was a life to bind me. I cross the streets instead and watch the rainfall Murmur without ears. It can know no sound but seems…
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papaya over-ripe displayed on the half
with spoons sticking out -
” very ripe, tastes good “
blue crabs cooked with lavender
i was sniffing a spoonful when the chef came out
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He switches to quantum mechanics
and starts tinkering with his sleeve
memorizing a theorem
he'd figure out
if he had the time
for a deep breath,
he takes a deep breath.
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“Each animal has its own strength.” She insisted. “And if the rooster were provoked. It would kill a snake.”
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The temperature would drop rapidly once the sun hit the horizon. I had about an hour before this would happen. I stood and put on my coat. The fire had gone out. There was no smoke...
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I'm using a 16mm motion picture camera with sound on film, equipped with a magazine holding six hundred feet, giving me approximately fifteen minutes of continuous shooting. Uzma has changed her cloths again. She's dressed for working in the garden, wearing a white…
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Sounds terrific, but are there any strings attached?
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The abundances of age/
are of commodities/
no known demographic values:
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Kids said the boiler room was haunted. I don’t know if it was true then but it sure is now.
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