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But what “is” retirement? All of the previous sections in a life are full of detailed descriptions. But “retirement” is somehow left rather vague. One would think that retirement would be the long-awaited GOAL of life. But instead we are left with the
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“I have a theory,” she said on their first date, which was at an Indian restaurant where the music was a lovely singsong but the chef seemed enraged as he clapped a ball of dough between his hands, then threw it into the flames. And her date, whom she…
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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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151621
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Grady Quail wondered why God didn't just have another son
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no need to write it if you/
live it, conscious of the light, the/
shape, the sound, the taste, and shadow.
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The old man is dead,
body propped in its cart
like the dead El Cid
strapped on his horse by Jimena
to save Valencia,
and yet...
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It is not unusual for farmers to see the future before it’s begun—but I am not speaking here only of the need to hope but more. . . .
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I was tired and lonesome when I checked into another insufferable, shop-worn Holiday Inn. It was the only motel around with the internet — dial up only — in that little jerkwater town, Notmuch, Alabama. It was too late for a nap, so I jumped in the shower,…
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All else is unmoved/
and relentless in its indifference.
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When I rolled him under the bed, I thought I would sweep him out later with arms curled up like legs beneath the shells of cicadas I used to gather from the laundry porch and set on the kitchen counter to scare my roommates. At least, I did that until…
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Lorelei was bombarded constantly with it. She began to hate the city...
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I lift up my sweatshirt and reach with a full fist into my belly button. This is where the fat comes out.
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My wife says you can tell the crooks from the cops from the cowboys at the taco truck across the street.
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This is me pitching a recently completed screenplay to a film producer at lunch the other day:
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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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My first love was a woman of principle. Never deny your man was her motto.
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I climb up on the sofa and stand next to him. I smell something.
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heart-shaped stones
love, devotion
no way
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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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While waiting for the water to boil she formulated an excuse that the Saitos would be forced to accept as to why she must drop Isuko as a student. Suddenly the kettle sung out like a soprano, desperate to be silenced.
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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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I am fair game that will be hunted and eaten, cutting its edge with Satan's tears from six eyes.
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151464
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You borrow words from platforms you could never build
Borrow morals from a party gone sour
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Feelin’, feelin’ good, down-fallin’ down/rain, rain, rain came today,/wet alfresco alchemy
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The brain taints everything it brings to us/
with its limited apparatus, its precepts,//
all the things it thinks it knows.
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Too often, Calvin's willful head finds its way into his hands.
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Elaine and Francesco exited the taxi in front of Elaine Aster Gallery.
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