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They called him “Albert, the Human Armadillo,” and he was. Rows of hard scales ran down the course of his chest, and he was studied and biopsied by doctor after doctor. “Psoriasis,” they said. “Or, eczema.” They prescribed ointments and oils that left him
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135810
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Talking to Shakespeare by the riverside,
I am saddened by my lust for women,
how my eyes fixate on the spit that passes from top to bottom lip as they talk to me.
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135800
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You need only one who notices.
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135811
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It's a haiku. It's its own snippet.
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135855
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There are certain items in the sink that are giving me an anxious feeling in my stomach.
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135800
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Every morning when he wakes, he lies in bed and waits for one of his toes to twitch or spasm; the moment he feels one of them thrust forward, he gains courage to test his legs. He grimaces either way: one more day of walking, one more day until loss, one more trip to the…
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135821
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My third Rule of Success—and I may not have these in exactly the right order–is always get a pre-nup!
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135832
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Sebastian and Janice had been a natural match. They sought to deny this at first because a recovery assistance program was not a place to forge intimate relationships. It worked out wonderfully in Hollywood, but Hollywood, as everyone knew, was just a facade. So…
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135864
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Frank kept looking over at Michiko’s loft.
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135763
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On Tuesday, he wears his suit to the cafe. Of course they'll let him pay! Of course. Under the table, his wife accepts their wadded bills.
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135794
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He wasn't sure if I was joking.
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135753
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Seeking your will, instead we found, somehow, a clutch of our own documents;
folded under a rubber band gone to rot,
muddy strands nestled in the creases.
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135784
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A man bows his head
and crosses his chest
before crossing the street
and the rain keeps falling
on his bare blue shirt
and on top of his head
The taxis will not stop
The light’s still red
as the man waits
for the sign of the hands
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135751
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“There are so few uses for Crisco, that to keep it in the house seems an unnecessary temptation,” said my health teacher.
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135720
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Ruth carries always a small bottle of nitroglycerin; and tissues, wads of tissues; two Tums (for calcium, she tells me)...
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135710
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Astrid did not smoke. Astrid did not drink. Astrid was not overweight. Astrid did not live a sedentary lifestyle; her whole life, aside from shopping, was working out. Astrid had no history of breast cancer or other female cancers in her family. Astrid di
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1357115
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The smell of garlic, soy, and onions/
exhausted from Skillman Wok/
perfumes December air.
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135700
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And God said unto the oil can: “Thou art cursed above the cattle, and above every beast of the field. And deep the ground shalt thou go.”
“Mother,” said the oil can, “fucker!”
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135740
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One could count fifty moons hanging in the sky, in rows and columns of smaller skies.
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135721
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"You don't need the gun," Dean said. "Bring me a bottle of peroxide and some duct tape."
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1357104
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Every day, a fresh new/
strain of Hell reveals itself
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135632
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I used to be a poet, you know. /
Better, in many respects, than you.
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1356107
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This time the mountain climber does not attain the summit.
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The spectacle of weather/
on the prairies approaches.
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135685
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Love me like a crutch
Love me when I'm strong
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135600
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On these days, while Momma counts the money, we go to Blockbuster where we can pick a movie each, play on the playground at McDonalds, lick tall ice cream cones.
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135632
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The were two things and two things only in the town of Comfort, Alabama, that were older than Bella.
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135611
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"Soviet Mandelstam rose like Christ from the Nightmare,
Rises from the gulag, sunrise on the page."
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Wicklow sat in the handicapped stall, pants down and straining, fed up to here with a world in which he couldn’t even take a decent crap.
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