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The letter.

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I am useless. A freak. Different. They all hate me now. All except you, of course. You will never leave me. Never. I'd kill them all if I could. Every single one. But twenty-four, that's a lot even for me. I'm so sick of the cliques; the special groups and hastily strung…

Bearded Lady

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Nights this husband returned home still hungry sometimes, even for her forearms against his own

Balm (excerpt)

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my second language / to silence / plainsong of / the breast

Pool

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“That pool will be the death of me.”Which Dad said at least a couple of times a week. Ten times the week after he'd read the TXU bill.“Goddamn pump, and that twitchy little Polaris. We should fill that pool with dirt and plant some trees and Asian…

The Lobbyist

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I looked down at Earth and imagined this porn star who’d asked for my help.

Searching for the Word

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I separate my thoughts into two / camps

An Open Letter For Zombie Rights

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We are what we are, and that is zombies.

Accepting New Patients

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You've had some truly awful shit pumped into your brains for years at a time now. The practice started a long time ago. It's not always your fault. The only lasting way to get it out of your head is to go and figure out exactly where…

Mommy

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I miss her.

Man Writing Story With Ears Plugged About Painter Who Only Hears in Color; Black Ink, 2002

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Ready, here we go.

benedictus

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he wanders the house/ crying for the hairless tomcat/ (gone for the night/ on an overnight job).

In The Wake

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Any form of exertion would defile what we are trying to do

Christmas

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First of all, there was no snow. I seem to remember that. And there was no Christmas tree in the house.

mermaid tale

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your words that came crashing over me/ so cold the clear shock was like salt water

Diarrhetic Discharge (w/Edgar Allan Poe)

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That Orndoff! I'd like to shove that pipe of his up his arse.

Worn

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The shirts hanging by the back veranda serve as our memorial to them.

Heron

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. . . nor did mine eye apologize.

Begonia {part ten}

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You may be wondering, as is only natural, about the designated husband of our dear Princess.

Endless

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My grief is made up of Demons fighting to Claw their way first Out of my eyes

Anfal means "to take everything"

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they tried to trick the sun

The Family of Unsharpened Pencils

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and pressed an area on my forehead between my eyes

Chancing the Moonglow

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It's become sort of a habit now when Elsie's husband is away on business two or three times a month that we take the afternoon off and drive nine miles across the river to Marginalia, Arkansas and the Moonglow Motel with its red, neon vacancy sign and although to some, two…

Thanking Harry

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At a candlelit table near the back of the restaurant, Jack and Lois greeted the waiter as he delivered their drinks, a diet coke for him, and for her, a vodka and cranberry. He apologized for the slow bar service and promised to return in a moment to take their…

walk off the animal

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I don’t know how some can do it. Can they just walk off the animal in the yard or something, and forget about love altogether? Some have that built-in coldness of the soul, I guess. I don’t get it. The blood does not seem to shake their hearts. Are th

Saved

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I woke up pissed off—like that feeling you get when you take a long nap in the afternoon. Except instead of being on a couch or a bed, I was trapped in a mashed-up Honda on I-75.

A Strategy to Overcome Rejection

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“If your work is good you will get published. Just keep at it."

Old Houses

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The rocking chair will bite your toes.

Winter Paints Nelson County

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It was more than just taste/ more than a point of view/ and oil and pigment/ that painted a store front church/ a box with a cross in a vacant lot/ that welcomed desperation, faith/ and imagination.

Study in Contrast

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But tonight while your finger glides across the glossy pages of Popular Science I hold a séance for the Holy Spirit in utter seriousness among the book clutter and crumpled manifestos in the basement

The Writer and the Talker

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"I’ve always wanted to write a novel. Like Catch-22, something off-beat that would start by word-of-mouth, you know, and become an underground classic."