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Near dusk today a car backfired on the street beneath my office window
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142096
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Tell people of substance the truth.
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1420127
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When exactly does cheese go bad? it simply does not, I say.
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142021
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In the living room of a model home, Mr. Jorgensen lived. He was a mannequin. He spent his days in display windows. He spent his commutes displaying the latest model cars.
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142022
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On Monday, Michiko returned from Cleveland in a foul mood. She called Frank’s studio at three in the afternoon.
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142031
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She was just a small dog with a big heart.
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141900
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Miles away Coriander was stepping through the forest with a light but determined step. He was exhausted, but the terrors he imagined every time he pictured his beloved in the claws of a dragon were too intense to allow for sleep.
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141986
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It must be nice not to have to worry About certain things because those things are not yet In your circle, or in your circus, of life. I don't begrudge you for being almost grown in A much different, sweeter place and time. I'm thrilled By…
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141921
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It was R who embodied love for me. We’d eaten gummi worms in the park, held them up to the sun, yellow and green and translucent. When we returned to her flat, they were everywhere. I’d never seen such a thing. They hung in the air, these gummi worms.
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141996
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She heads toward the end of the island and doesn't look back.
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141920
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Clatters and clatters ensued, and the splash destroyed all denial.
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141911
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{ a Triolet }A smile, a wave as I stepped out Into another life altogether ‘Twas little enough to talk about A smile, a wave as I stepped out And O' how after they did shout (Yet now we only talk of weather) A smile, a wave as I stepped out Into another life…
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141932
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In the backyard with Joey, I make the mistake of answering him honestly when he asks what the gray brick in the dirt is for. “My parakeet is buried there,” I say. And he asks, “can we dig it up?”Joey's grandma lives down the street; he comes over…
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141997
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Some of the elderly men and women are coming forward....
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141911
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Lester walked back into the house. He was hungry but didn’t know what he wanted to eat. Really, he couldn’t remember how to fix anything he wanted. He walked over to turn on the television, but couldn’t find the on/off button. Surely the damn thing had an
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141921
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My mind is on idle as it knows no other way to go. I look for good news, but if there is any, will I be able to process it?
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141811
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“Forever you will be mine” she said to me, and of course I did not believe her. She was a romantic and so was I, and such words habitually dripped out of her lovely mouth like honey from the comb, in a never-ending flow of flattery which I am ashamed to s
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141843
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It’s quite simple - don’t move.
No fake or feint - just stand your ground.
The fixed gaze, the thousand yard stare, hold your place.
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141853
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Her name was Christine
and she was nailed to the cross
of their lust
and their greed,
and their vengeance
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141820
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She had the smile of a pixie on mushrooms in a disco ball universe, and I dug her style.
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141831
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This year, 2011, you bring about my thirtieth year. I'm apprehensive about this, but mainly because my father made me watch "Logan's Run" as a kid...
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141800
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if you have a key fob, you are fired. If you have a real set of keys, you can stay
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141860
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“The first thing you must remember,” Polly tells the Levensons, “is that every penny you spend on your guests is that much less you can spend on your horses.”
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141885
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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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1418114
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I thought of you todayand what you put me throughthe time you saidwe couldn't rest.
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141821
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So you printed your resume on this coffee cup - that’s something
- I wanted you guys to think about me every morning - while you were getting your coffee
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141887
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Orchids strewn over the floor...
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1418102
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Everything I understand / is in danger.
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141881
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He was a Jack Russell terrier
hanging like a baby
in a carrier
strapped to my chest
He had all four legs
wrapped around me
and was licking me
with his long tongue
I asked him what his name
was, and in a real low voice
he said
Min
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