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son a superfly/alligator shoe clad/networking man/working a beeper and flip phone/twisting blueberry spliffs/on ma's porch
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125422
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The scared woman, she hides her flaws from the world.
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1254125
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the bodies of the poor become/
a simple logistical problem,/
disposable as any gnawed bones
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125421
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Ben was cheered to see Monique in good spirits again.
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125410
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It all started a long time ago. September 1, 1939, Hitler invaded Poland. His army was moving fast. We lived not far from the city of Krakow. On the third day of invasion a lot of men (civilian) walked through our city, running away from the German Army.
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125422
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He sees the dogs through the window, his babies, sleeping on opposite ends of the couch. His girl, lying supine, hind legs spread, grotesquely, almost comically, as far as they can without being flush with the cushion. His boy, Cosmo, face down, the power…
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The Poisoning I used to call my dad Serpico. Thirty years on the police force, and though a respected officer, he never fit in. He never had beers with the guys at the end of a shift or engaged in the more lewd locker room talk. None of the other cops were privy to which…
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125321
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Q: Tell me briefly about how you got into the death industry.
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125353
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Crass, vulgar, boorish, impaired, angry, depressed, jealous, regretful.
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125322
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125332
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Franz Kafka opens the refrigerator
And removes a bowl of jello
With the face of Bella Abzug in it
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125322
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A single woman should regard every train ride as an opportunity, I once read in one of those “How to Find A Boyfriend” books. “When boarding the train, don't take the first available seat,“ the author advised. “Walk through all the cars…
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125374
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I'm not sure if he's right or not but he has a gorgeous smile, he's charmingly self confident, and he's very persuasive.
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125385
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Mari thinks that's all fine and fucking dandy.
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125341
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The Beatles on TV
their last show
together
as a group
and we all
knew it
smoking dope
sitting around in large
groups
in living rooms
across the universe
they sang Let It Be
and The Long and Winding Road
knowing
a man
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125300
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look at the shape here / is it not pleasing to the eye?
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125200
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“It’s time we moved our relationship back into an upright position,” I said.
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125266
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Wild are the woods tucked in the backyards, tame the front lawns of green, manicured, with a hedge and a few flowers, a well-maintained driveway, and a garage door.
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125221
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Metropolitan I. Atlantic harbinger of this our swaddled dawn: Mistaking moon's sea sweep for this the frown The sky's plain-countenanced creatures maytimes weep Upon the surface-sundown of our lawn, When gaily surfaced for…
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125242
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The air smells like dream, like farm shit, like the salty stalling of evolution.
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125285
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Have you measured the cups, the conveyors' yield? Do you know the span? I am the LORD your God, she murmured.
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125242
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I had a friend in high school that wore a size G bra and we would take guesses on how much her tits weighed in comparison to the rest of her body. I spent a night wondering how she kept upright.
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125264
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in the pink distance / a boy in a corduroy shirt / sits before an upended electrical spindle / and drinks a vodka gimlet
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125201
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It loomed -- unavoidable.
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125211
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It was a mildly windy day of the working week in the financial district of the city—the bright morning sun was out—when a security guard was called to the fifteenth floor to deal with a disruption.
“This way.”
Someone pointed to a desk. At the desk
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125263
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She was from Tennessee,
with advantages over me.
An upbringing surrounded by books
and sensitivity.
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125233
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It is dead, for a time.
Sometimes we are all dead for a time.
Our lives leave off, sleep under the weight of snow.
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125282
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I have always been frightened of Ferris Wheels
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125222
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Steve lowers himself onto a lounge chair and lets out a long, overdue sigh. Cliff and Jim, the frickin’ and frackin’ of the built-in pool industry, are making a Burger Chef run while the cement sets.
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