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If you were glassI'd fog you up With my breathI'd leave messagesPictographsIn fingerprints I'd press in closeSo would youAnd so we'd danceBut you are glassAn inch of depthTo catch my breath
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I have become interested in Carracci / Ludovico Carracci
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" . . . with twinges of dread and pangs guilt, I worry . . . "
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only thoughts lost in lonely trails of red
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Birds fly and people
hurry in the wind and rain like it's a matter
of pity.
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Bud Light, B. O.
and Freeloader Heaven,
they step onto the
back of the bus without a cent
We pass by the Karma Wash
but no one gets off the bus
We pass by the
Endless Soup and Salad Kitchen
where we witness a crowd
swarming over a ch
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Double SestinaOn the surrender of the Alhambra to the Christian Spaniards, while on the losing side of territorial disputes, by the speaker, the Moorish king Boabdil: and the subsequent exile of the Moors, who brought geometry, astronomy, architectural…
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142531
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He pronounced the Afrikaans word with the vowel sound like the vowel in dour. It meant box, but it also meant cunt.
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142565
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pulled the
wool off my head
found i
was almost dead
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Emi paced back and forth, fixing her jacket out of nervousness. The cool breeze crawled around her skin and she shivered.
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circumstances//
squeeze the heart so hard/
that you should die but don’t.
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Our half-life, radioactive decay, particles shed leaving dust and bone."twilight years", "golden age", "evening of life"?Bullshit. I'm not ready to stop pumping high octane.You said, "I'll take you to Paris."Hemingway's address is still in your notebook, I saw it.I'll wear…
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142565
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I heard them praying to some god
none of us had ever heard of.
I'm glad I went to the funeral
and still have the yellow rose that I
did not throw into his grave.
At some point
you have to stop nibbling
from the moldy cake.
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142598
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Sometimes, you compare your living situation to a prison because it makes you feel better. "At least I have a fridge," you think to yourself.
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you happen to me like motorcycle tricks
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142511
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I stepped down on what looked like a mouse
Bloody and lifeless outside of our house.
I took bag in hand and prepared to grab it
When I realized the thing was the head of a rabbit!
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142400
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“It’s time we moved our relationship back into an upright position,” I said.
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142431
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“The King,” he paused, pursed his lips, looked across the crowd of eager and fearful citizens of Ki, “is dead!”
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The bird sat there some time. Several minutes. My wife and I grabbed out i-Pads and took pictures.
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142497
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Survival is often violent.
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New Year's Eve 1984: I was a hit with my outfit. When I walked into the house, a teenage girl looked me up and down and said, “Nice knickerbockers.” My cousins dragged me to the living room floor which was crowded with my family dancing and I started…
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There are several people I do not care for much at all—annoying cretins, blasé philistines, or godawful narcissuses—and I do not care much for caring about such people when I encounter them, which unfortunately happens quite often like some cruel lottery where I…
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142450
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Bent, crooked and straight, knifed.
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142433
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"a ratty, red, medium-sized bicycle for sale in a ratty, medium-sized yard."
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142498
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I'm pulled in by the music
like a rogue wave
and he has no idea I'm drowning...
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142401
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It loomed -- unavoidable.
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142400
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"Is all life suffering?" Miss Ang asked as she parked in front of the brothel. The concrete monstrosity stood humble and lost in appearance, but the locals knew what transpired there, as did the truckers and businessmen that frequented the Phetkasem Highw
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I’d look for a fork and quickly stab a piece of it and bite into it, feeling good about the finality of things.
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One of these days
we aren’t going to believe
whatever they tell us.
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