1347 7 7
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She tossed the big bird into the air. It wobbled, then flew away.
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134621
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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.
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134632
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So do you read my writing?I text youI need to know whatyou like betterThe bloodor the gutsThat's what it is.You see Iput it out therefor you.That's not what it saysbut I know the truth.Am I smart enoughgood enoughdo you think it's crapbecause anyone can like it…
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134675
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The pool deck was covered with the bloody footprints of resident gawkers.
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134698
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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
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134678
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134654
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. . . how a body calls
in the dark. . .
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134621
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...to know they are not alone
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134633
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He thought of his field trip from the previous year, of Prague’s museums, statues, squares, architecture, restaurants, and various modes of transport. The town offered none of these and surely no cinema, no crowds of people, not even an old church.
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134644
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So for now, let the snow fall, but
let it fall gently,
each flake as a soft piano note
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134654
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Mon wakes up surrounded by trees. The light is grey, the trunks black.How long have I slept? he wonders.He doesn't know which way to walk. In every direction, the same prospect of trees. He looks up at a blank sky. No sign even of the sun.***He starts walking. Slowly,…
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1346107
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and where have the years sped
how distant was your youth
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134600
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Mayumi approached them; her memories of their faces from the texts they received from each other had come alive.
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134687
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He invited her in for a Martini and she graciously accepted.
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134631
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Though his heart aches
his melody seems to flow
It creeps into the dreams
of all in slumber in the valley below
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134666
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Rises monstrous out of the Baltoro GlacierPlaying poker with oxygen levelsPlays leap frog with embolisms.Malice and vanity join forces somurder guns the air even beforethe Death Zone. Down suits, bold and cockyregisters the climber's ambitions. The Serac , a…
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13461010
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I told her I didn't love her. She said love wasn't important; she wanted to marry a man she could respect.
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1346135
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The year begins well here
with much needed rain
and tee-shirt temperatures.
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134621
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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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134642
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Last night we slept with books in the bed.
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134632
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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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Frank kept looking over at Michiko’s loft.
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134620
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He draped the sheet over her body. Blood spotted the fabric, rose petals on snow.He left the pistol, but pocketed the first edition she'd signed. Part of his fee.In the park, he ditched the glasses, fake mustache, and anorak before making the call.The publisher called an…
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134563
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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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134521
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Oh sweet, sweet morning light
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134521
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to pay dues to the calendar year / when a day breaks in quartertime / the stars account for halftone
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134533
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Where we’ve penned heart shaped question marks, seeds sprouting bowed heads, a congregation of confused supplicants.
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134555
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It's been a bad year, People dying. Some too close to home, Some too far away. I cry down to you, In your casket, and think you might sit up. You were not sick You went in just a moment, Looking stunning and alive. Not…
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134500
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It is easy to look out on the Bowery and say, "There are the bums." Encountering one, however, even one who asks to "bum a quarter" or tells you he's "on the bum" the word "bum" slips away in one's mind...
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