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"People are stupid. They've always been stupid. But these days...." His voice trailed off. "Dumb and dumber, huh?" the Boss asked. Peter nodded.
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150065
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I left the train, still going nowhere, but in a hurry.
Still a boy, but trapped in a suit.
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15001610
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Lavender, a Liberal Betty, batty from hormones, in a fanciful fit, named her daughter Lavender. Husband Don winced. Brothers Donald, John, Billy, and Tom were puzzled and pleased by this sister, this girl, who was a little bit like them, yet not like them at…
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150035
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at nightthe mannequins leave their glass prisons and hunt owls in the forest***sometimes they dance a slo-mo tarantella in a clearingbone-white …
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150064
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It was 6 a.m. when the phone next to the bed awakened Francesco.
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150061
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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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1499119
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All else is unmoved/
and relentless in its indifference.
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149953
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The new king hunted often. We heard her whirring above, the terrible whirring a forest of—, and she drifted over our city half dangling from the chopper, rifle barrel glinting.
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149900
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One cold winter's day she met what she thought was the love of her life. He had everything going for him but his age. You see the sweet young thing was a lot younger than her. One might say that she had lived many lives before he had been born.
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149932
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I could feel myself slipping back into my old ways again and it always hurt like hell.
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149965
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We were offered mannequins that had pubic hair that grew and swirled, and could visit like a pet, and sit in your lap
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149985
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the emergence of the Beatles and the Vietnam War
sad human electricity
no buzz of any wheel
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149976
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"It was John-Darren who once told me that he felt sorry for women."
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149911
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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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149931
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149921
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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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149912
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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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1499146
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The white space beckons-/
a blank wall in a decrepit neighborhood-/
wishing to be decorated or defiled
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149964
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x ≥ ponds rise beyond where you & i have stood
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149997
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I remember the living room heater
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149932
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I climb up on the sofa and stand next to him. I smell something.
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149954
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Swatches of Chinese silk in vivid red and lavender fly through the air. My granddaughter in her mid-thirties reaches for the cloth. I see in her mirror a shape forming; a slim, gray haired woman with a spring in her step. I pause to admire my reflection and pass over the…
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1499103
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It ain't the steak, it's the sizzle.
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149944
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Feelin’, feelin’ good, down-fallin’ down/rain, rain, rain came today,/wet alfresco alchemy
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149853
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It's 2am. The wind is moving at speed, whipping gently the tree branches, and their leaves rustle simultaneously to create a audible sound, like hands flipping through sheets of paper, or that feeling you get on your fingertips when going across a textured surface. I'm…
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149897
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We didn't know him from Adam...
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149843
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149888
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We're killing off the elephants. We're killing off the tigers. We're killing off monarch butterflies. We're wrecking the coral reefs. Big sad gorillas don't feel at home in their own homes. And all instead of learning to live in some…
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1498115
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There are no inspirations./
There are only the things I like/
and the much more numerous//
things I do not like.
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1498129
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How could a leaf be an accident?
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