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The Finding Smile

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My mother gave her all to convince him to be a politician. My sister begged on bleeding knees for him to give her head. I just needed somebody to help me find things.

It is Easier Than You Think To Ride A Train: The Q & A

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Q:What made you want to be a person who rides a train? A:As soon as I learned there was such a thing, I wanted to be one.

Caliban's Dream

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Today I’m feeling crabby and haggard and technology makes it easy to get to the point.

Various War Stories

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War Stories #1The Germans didn't like that theJews had such beautiful women.War Stories#2There must have been a war between the good witches and the bad witches. It's the only thing that would account for such troubling times.Woman With Yellow HatWhy did…

The Nude Pianist: A Novel: Chapter 7

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Frank kept looking over at Michiko’s loft.

Pleasure (it was) after all...

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I'm gonna write about this after...It'll either be a tale of pain or pleasure hopefully the latterI don't understand how this workswhy sometimes I want to hide from myself other times I can just give in, fully,and everything isohsoheightenedI want it to be beautifuland…

Forever and a Day

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Just an abnormal visit to the post office.

In Knucklebones, This Is What We Keep

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Outreach the ostrich

Strange Humidity

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The kitchen is full of old girlfriends. I avoid them. They are munching on cheddar and sharing stories I'm sure I don't want to hear.

So freaking tired

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So many dreams I need to visit, though

The Shrink

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Did they do it in pairs or all at the same time?

Do the Shogun Moon

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Heel to toe, our bunions are our ingrown medals.

Bio Bit

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It was your present world that seemed more than mad to me. Your polished stiff brown shoes that always squeaked like mice, while the latest rude Bombers bubbled up in their comfortable Dart-board garages like apple pies…

We're all Mad here. I'm Mad. You're Mad!

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She heard the quick footsteps and knew where they were headed. Running down the hall she knew she “only had 1 hour left and there was no time to waste”.

Conversations with my brother

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Maybe it takes as much fortitude To forget As it does To remember.

Passings

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Perhaps my grandparents, Fred and Lela, when they were growing up....

Mercury Unbound - 5

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As the music concludes, I'm finally in control of my emotions . . .

Not Good Enough

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So where does that leave me, Roscoe Loomis wondered, dismounting his silver, aluminum steed in his sweat-soaked, spandex outfit, and, clearing the saliva from his beard he walked over, checked and smiled, learning that the bike track's timing unit showed it was Roscoe's…

Bubble Rap Blues

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"The Chinese don't have no Mardy Grah, bitch."

55 words #5

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"...,beautiful, yet neutral, an oversimplistic reading of the people we meet."

Cassie Fly

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...the relatives didn't seem nearly as fucked up as she thought they would be considering...

My Glass is Waiting

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The trouble with alarm clocks is naturally that they are miserable. And their curse is that their misery is useful: we employ them because we want to get away from them. But we would never have one as a friend.

Luminous Nights, 8

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Overnight Robbie had lost his youth. But since he was still only nine and his arm looked like a nine-year-old's arm, people didn't notice much at first, until he tried running. Or if he was introduced, and they went to shake his hand. He immediately lea

Love's Hinterlands

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Sit down at night and stare into the fire. Consider if Cupid is just another liar.

Magic Togs

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New Underwear

Imaginary Photo Album

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Let me swim into your eyes. Let me show you my world. My album. My Albania. My albumen.

Forecast for Mid-December

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In the next week or two, the red oak/ will loose and lose its leaves

Skin Wins

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One day, my feet and hands got into an argument. My feet argued that they were superior because they were not only the foundation of my body, but the cause of its mobility. They were modest in size, yet supported and transported an entire body that towered over them.…

Real life

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He bought damaged and used sex dolls online.

Snapshots

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On a street-lit night in Jeddah.