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When sixth-grade science teacher Pat Farrell assigns an earth-science lab on measuring crystals, the girls collect their materials, read the directions and follow the sequence from beginning to end. The first thing boys do is ask, “Can we eat this?"
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In fifth grade my mom gave me her CD player. I didn't own many CDs, only a few I remember, but I couldn't take it off my head.
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1599114
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Sunset swoony love waves
crash over me and I forget why
I didn’t say yes sooner
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15981211
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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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159876
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“Somebody told me you write books.”
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As the jughead turned with a humph the old man muttered, "what a jerk." The jughead spun around and glared at the young black man and said, "Did you say that?" The old man laughed, raised his hand, looked up at the jughead and said, "I did." The jughead t
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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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1598138
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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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159866
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We cook over the fireplace on these days, blacken marshmallows on straightened hangers, like Eskimos, dogs around a campfire.
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159877
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I am my beloved’s Advil and
she is my Aleve
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159832
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They watched the seven o'clock news.
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159862
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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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159853
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Most times a vertical word balloon floats before him.
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15981710
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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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159833
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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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159755
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I am a buttress against chaos. And now I am turning yellow.
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159712
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In exactly 100 words, I review the cracks between my keyboard keys.
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159731
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black
hair/ (damp)
around her ears
Keys on the
table
Drinking coffee
from a glass
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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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1597109
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Only last Friday, he was introduced/
around, smiling, healthy,/
a fine young man.
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159700
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Randy stood in the alley behind Krasnowski Construction with a loaded gun shoved down the front of his pants. His friend Todd was inside, unloading the safe. And when Todd walked out the door, Randy was going to shoot him in the face.
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7:23. The grid abandons us.
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159700
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I was sleeping in a pile of teenage bodies soft limb spread over soft thin limb.
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159754
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“You haven’t been listening, have you.”
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It's always dark. You catch me by the wrist just as the ferris wheel starts up again and pull my shoulder out of its socket towards you. I resist, feigning hatred and pain, but I don't feel anything except your hand on my arm hot and scalding lighting my skin, a…
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159753
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At times we rarely desire to be where we are at home quite as much as we desire to be where we are no longer.
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159797
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Weight of faithlessness...
Mist
Of bodily
Existence
Grave expectations for the future
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