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It was that pink lipstick found
on the end of that brown filter
yeah, think it was an Old Gold
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There was this old guy named Ned. He swept floors. No one knew much about him. He'd been around for years sweeping the concrete floors of the hangar-sized buildings that housed the major mechanical service departments at an old amusement park.
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He trembled as she splayed open his palm...
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Licking my wounds.
That's what my mother calls it. I'm not really sure what that means or if it's true. Sure, losing your boyfriend, apartment and job in a matter of months can drive someone to do something impulsive. Something crazy. But I've always b
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Welcome the one and the all of you, welcome all you scraggly long haired weeds, welcome the no longer rolling stones of the new you, welcome you most beautiful little wonderfully…
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“...you should have something moving around here.” Tracey looked around, then said, “Paul, you should get a cat.”
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“Somebody told me you write books.”
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Lorelei was bombarded constantly with it. She began to hate the city...
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The day Eugene told me his secret he gave me a bouquet of lilies. Ice clung to the petals like fuzz. Sorry about the frost, he said. That was an accident.
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Read signs sometimes and you just might get where you're trying to go. When Eddie suggested they stop for a Whopper, Dennis said no. "Fuck Burger King, man. Let's get that Wendy's up there." They got…
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My work is not that sexy and glamorous kind of time travel that you see in the movies with Deloreans and phone booths.
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The Chicago to Denver fast train clocked 90 MPH plus, but braked hard on the long curve through town, sparks ringing flanged wheels.
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A dream that seems
Impossible
When fresh blood soaks the ground
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Don’t break things, I add. And he looks at me like I’ve broken everything else.
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Love needs loathing like cold weather needs warm clothing. And all truths, untruths and part truths need a place to live when a mind gets too sardine-packed with information and cynicism...
Some say there was a time when the light was brighter, the ear
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I felt the most afraid I’ve ever felt in my life, like all the unknowns in the universe were rushing through me at once.
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In the morning the fog boils up from the ground as I pad down the steps to the lake in bare feet. I stand at the edge of the water naked as a newborn.
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I immediately felt anxious guilt, being the one responsible for opening the way for infection.
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Anatoly Gringovitch took a swallow of beer, thoughtfully put the cap on his Ferrari da Varese custom fountain pen, and launched into his story:
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Mercury and Gemini disappointed.
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Sacrificial vic bleeds out . . .
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Alcohol and American writers have always had a connection–about 70 percent of American winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature could be considered heavy drinkers if not more.
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The strangest thing though was there were no people, everyone had vanished. No passengers, no train engineers, no busmen, not even any station attendants. I was alone. After checking a couple of doors and finding them locked I continued on along the plat
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139996
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...when suddenly I was pushed from behind, smack into the deep end.
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You may be wondering, as is only natural, about the designated husband of our dear Princess.
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She turned him down again. Said it was her insomnia. She was so tired, she said, she had to work in the morning, and why couldn't he understand that? She rolled over facing away from him. He sat up in bed, thinking. When was the last time? Three months ago? Four? He…
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You gather their faces in the palms of your hands and their purple eyes blink, blink, unseeing.
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Last night I dreamt of water rose too high.
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