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A meditation on mint tins

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And I am reminded of river eyes: The summer we slumbered, Like mummies in the sand

Big Al Dissects Literary Fiction since No One Else in the Bar could pronounce Aristotle

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“Well” I say. “What do you think about the dilemma of a guy who’s tortured by a history of incest and bondage?” “Depends” Says Al. “On who was cested and who was bonded.

Timmy's Singularity

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Suddenly, the room was filled with a screaming vortex directed at a pinpoint in the corner. Timmy's bureau was gone and everything loose in the room was flying towards the spot it had occupied. Timmy stood up in horror. He tried to seal this rent by tossi

The Night

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Meanwhile stars continue to surprise...

Boise Poetry Slam

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The boy buckled in and told his mom, “No mommy, I can do it myself”

An Elevator Door Opens

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What’s your favorite emotion? Mine is ripping the sky apart and standing on a star outside of time.

Random Little Linguistic Discharges

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Eat the Body/ Drink the Blood/ Perfect the sacrifice,

Coffee Alone

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And pity us, this generation of sighing:

How to Lose Control of Your Pencil

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Real hands

Mike's Confession in the Basement to Being Allergic to Balls

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He arched an eyebrow.  He was "thinking" — a tricky thing to do, when you never read, even the newspaper.

Free Form Jazz of Spiritual Harlem

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we are one

The Hostage

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My mother should have been a minister or a peace officer. Instead, she was a homemaker who ran the home like an agency. There were certain hard and fast rules.

Momma's Elephant

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...she had marked the stars with a blue pen, connected the dots to make Andromeda, Cassiopeia, told us of the gods behind the stars...

Shovels and Honeysuckles

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When she would leave my pillows still smelled like her. I would just inhale her for hours afterwards, sex and honeysuckles.

Tarot

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I am the boy with the olive skin who takes pictures of lewd sex acts performed by nobodies on stage at the Rock Creek Lodge Testicle Festival in Missoula, Montana.

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.

three gretchens

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The story of a second, a stone, and an android -- all curiously interrelated and all, coincidentally, named Gretchen

Do the Shogun Moon

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Heel to toe, our bunions are our ingrown medals.

Hush

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You think you are a perpetual motion machine, free of thermodynamic law. I’m telling you, you’re wrong.

leave the dog, take the cannoli

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he who laughs last is probably a dumbass fuck

Black Night Takes Bite

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The Black night reached under his shiny silk jacket And touched the steamy leather of his holster.

A Night in the Trailer of the Headlining Band

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Puzzle Pieces

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temporary objects of desire

Savings Bonds

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"May I help you?" She was beautiful.

Song: Nope, music by Tim Young, lyrics by Jerry Ratch

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Blind Jack

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The blind can be a little bit Angry now and then Trying to be independent They don’t want or need your help Usually. They’re a little like bees You have to learn to leave them alone But I remember one day when I Guided the fingers of Bli

Weed Fire

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Wind was a sorry excuse for force

Lost Boy - Excerpt from Single Stroke Seven

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“How long you been waiting around?” he asks as he pockets my soggy ten-dollar bill. “For a jump or break in life?” I ask. He smirks. “I hear that.”

Dixon Ticonderoga - 2 5/10 medium

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gotta love a pencil

Pancakes

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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.