1524 6 0
|
The Star Trek marathon ends, and he flips channels. An episode of Full House is on. The cheesy plot lines and attractive women (specifically, DJ Tanner in the late seasons) have become a freakish comfort.
In today's episode, the Tanners are baby sitt
|
1524 0 0
|
Osama couldn’t see any reason he shouldn’t retire. No way he could top BP Oil in the Gulf or Pacific Gas & Electric in San Bruno.
|
1523 2 1
|
In the ’70′s, Bigfoot was romantically linked with Farrah Fawcett, spotted in an Arkansas 7-11 with Elvis, and tabbed the front-runner to be Secretary of the Interior had Gerald Ford defeated Jimmy Carter.
|
1523 2 0
|
The story of a second, a stone, and an android -- all curiously interrelated and all, coincidentally, named Gretchen
|
1523 5 0
|
"And then I, and I believe,
I alone, saw
this small child
run..."
|
1523 3 3
|
She calls me by my name. She says I am her daughter.
|
1523 12 5
|
Monday will come soon enough to get/
what needs to be done, done.
|
1523 6 1
|
Why do I love you? The monster that you are?
I love you for revealing to me my strength
My determination, my will
My need to survive
I love you for showing me the gift that is living
|
1523 16 9
|
The blood is memorable/
as is the copper taste of that/
momentary certainty of lockjaw.
|
1523 8 5
|
In the diffuse light of early morning you wear a sweat suit maybe and stand in front of a model-kitchen counter in a model-home kitchen
|
1523 0 0
|
Won't speak a word against 'em. Car trunk stunk like bad chicken long after, but I won't speak a word against 'em.
|
1523 4 3
|
A tornado and peacock were bred in his paddock; the couple gave birth to a turquoise lasso.
|
1523 4 1
|
To rival the professor in his knowledge of various body parts is impossible ...
|
1523 0 0
|
My eyes don’t close but hers are shut tight, and something inside tells me that to this girl, I could be absolutely anyone.
|
1523 10 8
|
He knows I talk to angels, what he would call angels. I don’t talk to him.
|
1522 9 7
|
Sex is a fetish war --
a battle of trinkets of desire
|
1522 0 1
|
She could see him doing these things but she could not hear him.
|
1522 10 7
|
Dreams / of being a millionaire are replaced by dreams / of being a billionaire
|
1522 4 4
|
The young boy woke to the sound of laughter. He blinked himself out of deep sleep and allowed…
|
1522 14 10
|
My grandfather was ninety three. My mother was sixty three. I was thirty three. My daughter had just turned three. Our ages were all lined up like the beauty marks on Snow White in the Donald Barthelme version of the story.
|
1522 10 3
|
I am going to quit clicking refresh, only because it is clear nothing is happening out there. After I click refresh just one more time, that is, and then I am closing the window. After clicking one more last time. …
|
1522 9 8
|
Dressed as an English professor on Halloween
I escape the red devil and run downtown.
I go to the Art Car hangar
I dance, I swing my golden brown briefcase
|
1522 10 7
|
My blood has turned to flour I've been in Babylon too long My heart was singed by fire But it's drowning in my song We raised a prayer to Mary We had to take our share We took our places in the ferry But we didn't pay the fare And we don't know…
|
1522 11 8
|
“Just how many different animals try to hide their nakedness?” “Only one. And that'd be us, idiot.”, Twinkle responded. “Then, why don't we mind sometimes showing our bodies?”, she then asked. Twinkle could see it was going to be another…
|
1522 6 4
|
In a field of barley, I see you, ...
|
1522 2 1
|
Naomi hadn't expected them to come in such a big box. When the UPS man tried to hand it to her, she told him there must be some mistake, but then he pointed to her name¾NAOMI BROWN¾right there on the top. When she finally got off all that tape, she had another…
|
1522 11 8
|
|
1522 4 3
|
The plane passes the runway, dips sharply, its shadow straight down below, too cold in the cabin, the sun hitting your arm like a machete below, it is 94, the humidity too, it has just rained for 3 days, it never rains this time of year......
|
1522 6 5
|
I found a diseased fish / wedged between some boulders near the pier
|
1522 1 0
|
“I'll have the Ribeye cooked medium rare,” says Bill, who looks over at Julia, blonde hair and disarming smile, and he thinks that she's not bad for a blind date. He doesn't like the way she butters her roll, however, and it agitates him that she spreads…
|