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Another, Another, Another

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It’s just another Day where I feel tired, but I Don’t know why it’s so.

A Story with Tahini in It

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"What do you mean..."

Assiduity Twenty Three

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The outside world will intrude . . .

Suicide Consulting Hotline

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We exist to facilitate/ successful conclusions of hopeless lives.

The Stranger

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“I can't go to sleep,” Jonathan said, laying on the doctor's couch. He counted on his fingers to keep his mind active. “I'll certainly die if I do.”

140 Words on Solitude and Being Alone

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As a child I drowned myself in the pages of books, and as a writer I prefer to be left alone with my imagination.

Kintsukuroi

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The scared woman, she hides her flaws from the world.

1

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Years ago when the smart of it was as nippy as this one.

Ballad

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Hi de ho, and hey, hey, hey; The farmer's daughter is made of hay. I went to touch her but she blew away, And noo ma hert is nae langer gay. Hi de hoo, and how do you do? The farmer's wife has a cold up her flue, And takes me away…

1973, what I wanted

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Not the torn magazine page, not the smell of ink, not the sweat of palm nor the froth of irish spring

Perfect Lady

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I want to write a story about a woman who lies to men about her height.

Lunar Hypnotism

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You sleep. The time is soft and slow. Your dreams are covered with the snow.

Mercury Unbound - 2

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An infested, indifferent universe . . .

Five Million Yen: Chapter 39

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Ben followed Jean-Claude’s white Fiat. Every time Ben shifted gears, he was reminded of Arris’s punch.

(children, children)

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Her name was Carrie. And yes, it was love at first sight. Yes, she was a client, and you were supposed to keep your hands off the clients. Everyone in real estate knew that. She came into my office and took a seat in the reception area. I had a listing on Cedar…

My Stuff

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Crass, vulgar, boorish, impaired, angry, depressed, jealous, regretful.

Hindsight

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You were a mine field

Billing Notice

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Due to recent enhancements to our billing system, the rate per unit for your basic service can no longer be determined.

Double Vision

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To conceive of them separated was unthinkable to every wet-eyed soul at the burial.

Hunger: A Prayer

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Prayer: Cold prayers in her throat, so far all unanswered. This thing grows steadily, unmistakably, cobbling counterfeit cells and flesh together into an unspeakable mass.

The Funeral

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There aren’t requirements, only expectations. I’m writing this, because, at the time it happened it seemed strange to me. People might think I’m writing because now, it makes sense, right? It doesn’t, I’ll tell you that much. I’ll also tell you what i

Session Fifteen

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"That it was my stepdad's fault."

It's not heavenly light, b!*&#.

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He stopped believing in God when he learned how balls worked. Spermatocytes turned into spermatids and spermatids turned into spermatozoa, the transition taking place in tiny loop de loops called the seminiferous tubules which contain at least three…

If. You. Speak.

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The one at dusk is not the one you met this morning. That one's gone like a head in the window.

Stars and Smiles

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Older than a star I am

Monsters Happen

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Dee startled awake from the dream, sat up in bed and looked around the room. The dream came back--hazy, yet clearer by the second. Dee had been warning the girl in her dream that he was a monster; that she shouldn't talk to him, should stay far away from him. …

Mr. Feisty Mischievous

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His nervous cackle makes me sick - Oh, if only - Times were different - That knife - Would fit so nicely in his back

Hot Flashes

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On high a centaur is pulling a yellow chicken on a sled.

In Which Mad Dog Kicks French Women's Bony Butts

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If Mad Dog were interrogated by female U.S. forces in a combat-riven no-woman’s-land to see if he was really an American, he couldn’t name the most recent WNBA champion.

Stellar

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After our first kiss, a team of scientists scrubbed away the cancer of your lipstick.