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I’m casing the place; my boyfriend Jimmy is about to bust in and rob the store.
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1472169
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The blood is memorable/
as is the copper taste of that/
momentary certainty of lockjaw.
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147262
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147233
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Nearly everyone knows of that celebrated poet’s story coming down to us from classical Greek mythology: the tragic tale of Orpheus and his descent into the underworld to rescue his beloved Eurydice. Well, there’s a much lesser known story of a legendary 7
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147295
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We got a sandwich at Mr. Pickle's, but they cut the sandwich in the plastic. Plastic wrap.
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147254
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Last night as a duration spent hovering in electronic media-space.
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1472108
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He knows I talk to angels, what he would call angels. I don’t talk to him.
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147194
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He wasn't sure if I was joking.
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147131
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"Look Emily, I’m charging your solar powered calculator and helping you relieve your dependence on foreign oil."
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147100
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Oh, you aren't going to lecture us, for heaven's sake?
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147131
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My beloved lets me crawl into bed
and put my feet on him
since his skin is
warm and hot like a fire roaring from within
his soft flesh.
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147152
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The night sky was washed gray by city lights.
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147132
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Billy took acid and blatzed into a 7-11, holding his dick like he hoped the store guy would think the thing was an Uzi. The guy laughed his ass off, reached under the counter, and pulled out a .38…
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147100
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The eyelid of the sink blinks silence. The clocks choke on smoke.
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147134
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Ascent/Assent
Together the horizon/
Catechism of love
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147143
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A tornado and peacock were bred in his paddock; the couple gave birth to a turquoise lasso.
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147133
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147021
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An excellent plan. Just like old times.
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1470107
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Dreams / of being a millionaire are replaced by dreams / of being a billionaire
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1470148
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Even music relies on what/
you know as music/
for its power to enthrall.
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147011
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The dance draws deeper
whirling witches weaving rhymes
The fire spits fierce in the falling rain
soon the spell will spill from secret times
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147011
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Ten-year-old Bobby Akins learned that a shotgun shell struck on its brass end with a hammer can indeed take out the left eye of an eight-year-old brother observing the proceedings close by.
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1470126
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Have you heard this yet? The daughter flew home to care for the mother, whose pump is still tick ticking—though now with aid—which means she leaves the kitchen when the microwave clicks on.
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147066
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I feel his hand on my face, feel it brush past my lips, and I taste my sister's blood.
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1470128
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We suffer//
the one agony only- of having no longer/
any physical effect nor way to speak/
of what we watch to those we watch.
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1470118
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At the conference her boss showed off his knowledge of wines.
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147084
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It was cold and clammy, but then it got worse. Far worse. Any opportunity to celebrate the unity and harmony of tolerance was soon cancelled.
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147044
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Lying on a high seat in the south study, this is what I see:
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1470116
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fanned lashes on rouged cheek
a glamorous sea creature
in violet perfume
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147012
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I was an alcoholic for ten years, starting in my early twenties and continuing into my thirties. Then finally, after many attempts, I got myself straightened out. My son's birth finally did it for me. It wasn't like a switch flipped in the delivery room…
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