1479 5 4
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He switches to quantum mechanics
and starts tinkering with his sleeve
memorizing a theorem
he'd figure out
if he had the time
for a deep breath,
he takes a deep breath.
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147921
|
Up top, the sky is like a fist fight-
fat lip purple and bitchslap pinks get wilder as the tabs kick in.
Those hovering lights are aliens!
we assert with insistent like-mindedness
from where we sit directly beneath the airport flight path.
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1479118
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They could occupy the space//
left by creatures larger and more/
evolved.
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147900
|
Being the baby in a family forces a focused outlook on life. Not necessarily profound, not even wry, but a perspective that pushes for two things - recognition, and to be in on whatever is going on.
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147973
|
edge of wolf howls and howls past sunflowers and skeletons
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147966
|
He thought she should have come with an owner’s manual
So he would know how to operate the equipment
It was definitely more than he bargained for
Or knew how to handle
She was too hot
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147931
|
Though his heart aches
his melody seems to flow
It creeps into the dreams
of all in slumber in the valley below
|
147931
|
It worked for a short time and their next album, "The Hirsute Agenda" became an underdog success.
|
147983
|
A Beatles haircut and loose Khaki painters overalls rendered the child sexless. He or she walked over to Hugh’s side and standing tiptoe peered into the casket. She, for Hugh had determined it was a girl, stroked the silk lining.
|
147811
|
No chance for Hallo, we sank into an unlit station doorway and he fumbled through my shorts.
|
1478168
|
I watch the seagulls making their quacking noises
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147843
|
It was a wake-up call. A sign that I needed to stop and ask if I was making wise and sensible life choices.
My iPod was full.
|
1478119
|
The commodore drives a 67 Caddy rag top
All fin and boatish power
|
147821
|
Ben was dreaming of sex with Claudia. But, in his dream, he could hear Dan Arris calling his name and pounding on a door. The fear of Dan Arris was pushing out the delights of Claudia.
|
147800
|
Ships tumble, cars crash, horns gulp water, bombs burst up from the ground in a halo of screams.
|
147841
|
"I am lying on my back and am confused."
|
147801
|
After you started drinking your meals and hating politics I wanted to climb inside, live in your stomach and dissolve. I wanted to make you see, hold you captive with arms stretched, pinned. listen again, swallow…
|
147843
|
The first time I ever held a gun, I was three years old...
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147854
|
|
147865
|
Shhh. I am here. Otillie Augustine, from Trieste, an Italian city to you, but when I lived it was part of Austria. Such things as who flies their flags over a city? Not so important after all, after all the losses and the victory speeches. These were not…
|
147888
|
Always in a hurry/to spoil your/weekend
|
1478108
|
I never took more than a few pills at a time, just enough for a treat on Friday night.
|
147862
|
A white room is empty but for you, a card table and a chair.
|
147800
|
We named her Big Cat—I don’t know why. Maybe because she was already grown when we got her, unlike the kittens we’d seen in the pet store window that Dad wouldn’t let us have.
|
147821
|
I am exceeded / by a leaf
|
147765
|
Certain disorders lend themselves to poetics.
|
147765
|
|
147700
|
The streets were filled with animals of the forest. All in a panic trying to find a direction. Mixed among them were members of various Clans that lived in the forest.
|
147720
|
“Tell me a story,” he said, toying with his top hat, running his fingers along its brim.
|
147721
|
if you don't quiver with anticipation you'll barely manage to explode
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