1489 5 3
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In his dreamlike state the pianist turned into a preying mantis.
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148964
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He injected her with a sedative to keep her still. He projected himself into her narcotic dream, a small bar with tango playing from a jukebox. They were dancing.
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148932
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It was the coward's way out, to commit suicide. And yet, one had to be brave to attempt it.
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148962
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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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148800
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There were security guards running all over the place. Campus police cars, with lights flashing, at various locations in the distance. Sora gripped her books tight as they saw their dormitory building ahead.
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148800
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I don't like listening to the radio anymore. Nothing is clearer than a live voice with something to say. Give me a big field with no one around but the birds and I will send the bees away from me. I will deny all bugs to buzz.
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148854
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vampires seem not to be victims of drought . . .
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148834
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She had a face like a frog: wide mouth, prominent eyes – and when she touched him, her fingers felt clammy on his skin.
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148840
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He saw his mother standing over him, and he called out to her for help, but she only laughed and faded into the paper towel dispenser.
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148844
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"..squeezing her eyes and mouth tightly."
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148821
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148854
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He did not hear her enter the room...
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148821
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His voice isn't familiar but his words are. He says he knows we haven't spoken in years and apologizes for it. I can hear him pacing on the other end of the line, tapping things and then a shriek of glass shattering. Really, I tell him, no need to…
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148886
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Strength & Luck By Nonnie Augustine There was no food in Ireland for young Patrick Kennedy who'd known nothing of blooming. So he crossed the wintry sea in a bucking, groaning boat to Liverpool. Once the damn ship docked in…
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148853
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I remember a big Walgreen’s Drug store (maybe in Elmhurst, or Oakbrook Center?) and this shopping expedition we went on. That’s where you bought your first Dust Buster, I believe (or was this another man?) Anyway, you made me carry everything. We didn’t
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148871
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I have the right to remain silent. If I waive that right everything I say can and will be used against me like a razor dragged across my neck.
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148855
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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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1488108
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A familiar ritual by now...
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148865
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Do you want this, you ask, and hand me a blue silk shirt of hers
with small yellow flowers. I'm afraid to say no,
in case it makes you remember all over again.
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148896
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And soon you'll be walking
and walking
and walking
and walking
and walking
and walking
and walking
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148833
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The hotel sits on the highest point in Shimla: a place of cedar-scented air, an aggressive monkey population, and summer houses left by the British Raj.
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148700
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Tent City has gone quiet. There is a deadline. I heard it on the news. I’ve never thought about the word before. How in this place it means what it means.
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14871211
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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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1487810
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Life is not always quixotic.
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148712
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In exactly 100 words, I review the cracks between my keyboard keys.
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148712
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...Truth is, it’s because of fabulously wealthy men and women like myself who long ago sucked all the cream out of the bottle, and now we’re coming back for whatever milk remains.
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148720
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A dream that seems
Impossible
When fresh blood soaks the ground
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148796
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...when suddenly I was pushed from behind, smack into the deep end.
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We deny one another, here,/
as long as it’s plausible.
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