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Forecast for Mid-December

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

Safe

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Safe does not ride horses at sunsetSnorkel in MolokaiRaft down a swollen river.It does not steal kisses in a darkened theaterTouch the inside of a thigh under a restaurant table.Safe does not declare war.It chooses dinner every night at sixMass every SundayConfession once a…

Snapshots

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On a street-lit night in Jeddah.

Dumb Luck and the Fall of Empires

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At some point we all reach the end point/ of something. Something important/ if only to our fragile self esteem.

Before I Die

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...to know they are not alone

Cancer Always Calls Collect - Part 2 - Dear Santa

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We all know that sometimes miracles happen and sometimes they don't. Some days are good and some days go by slowly as the fatigue sets in and he realizes that he is fighting cancer.

This love.

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- Never in pain and distance - Frown on these moments, With bitterness and vain

Downtown Milwaukee

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Downtown Milwaukee My feet are exposed, never been out in public even out here— …

The Bachelor's Hymnal

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OhYou like quiet nights in?I do tooBut we might not get alongbecauseOnly part of youwants silence

Sold 2 Books Though

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Reading at Menlo Park Senior Center, old people falling asleep leaning to the left in their chairs, all in the same direction.

After Eliot

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Her breath was on me

Real life

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He bought damaged and used sex dolls online.

Things of Beauty

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The cover features Lincoln as a woman. Lincoln as a woman is not a thing of beauty.

Pain

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My pain is a black pearl hidden in a clean shell.

Mercury Unbound - 5

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

Factory Worker

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Hits start, enters numbers, runs the program / Does this again one hundred times / Then takes a break

Ink Play

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Lying on a high seat in the south study, this is what I see:

Rain Typing

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"I'm just going to take a power nap!"

Saturday Birthdays (from FATHER MUST)

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When his mother was all dressed up on New Year’s Eve, and his father, even thought they had tickets for the dance, announced to her he wasn’t going to go, Johnny had gone into his room, put on a white shirt, a dark suit, his dress shoes, and a clip-o

The Book You'll Never Read

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THE BOOK YOU'LL NEVER READ CONTENTS This Is Not A Test In The Event Of A Nuclear Attack, This Message Will Be Followed By A Message From Your Local Civilian Defense Authority Fuck, The Radio Doesn't Work Trouble Shooting Radios The Top 40…

various verses

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in a willow garden lush shade/drapes dark the young woman's small house/with the lone window, the white door . . .

Kim Chow Click Click

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Ok American dogs. Here my first story I wrote when I only two days old! Then evil moderator delete me and story go away. Now I three days old. I try to remember.

it

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where will we be/ when it happens?

Unkilled Jeff

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"Oh — what is this 'work' thing the philosophers speak of" sort of thing.

Miss Zoldac's Fifth Grade Class Balloon Launch

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INSTRUCTIONS: To all students, please address your index card: "To the Finder of this Balloon." Beneath that, write something that will encourage the finder to email you back. Then tape the index card to your balloon's string.Happy Ballooning! To the Finder…

Parsing We

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An excellent plan. Just like old times.

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.

the PC birds have come home to roost

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I want the luxury of hearing other people who disagree with me tell me why I’m an asshole!

So freaking tired

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So many dreams I need to visit, though