1422 6 7
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Lights of human occupation burn/
in patterns like the growth/
of a bacillus, lethal and prodigious,
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142232
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She is not centered, but she finds her way.
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142254
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So, my wife got fired from her job for being three minutes late five times. But he had it in for her, the fatty boss. He was lazy and she was smart, in line for his job. And she had a workman's comp case against the hospital—she'd slipped in pudding in the cafeteria…
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142211
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Adam hitched his dinosaur to a covered wagon. He drove the Virgin Mary to the Faire. Shiva rode behind them in a silver limousine combing out his long and flowing hair.
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14221312
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142233
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By the time the forked tongue of the flag extended flat like it was pressed between two of my thick volumes on weather forecasting, the man was still walking with his nose glued to the ground.
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142122
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We wait for a server to bring our coconut cream pie. His favorite. I hate coconut.
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142131
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The BBC's “Sherlock” is among the most popular shows on TV, and there has been much speculation among die-hard fans like myself about what the upcoming fourth season will hold. Having consulted my own crystal ball, here's what I see happening: Irene…
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142111
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I laughed hysterically at Austin Powers.
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142110
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He was triply satisfied: he’d come twice and he was a damn good-looking man.
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142185
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We love our other animals
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142100
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When we crossed the California/Oregon border, I had this
vivid image of sleeping bags filled with human bones. I shook
my head and the scene would not go away. The woods must be
full of dead campers, hitch hikers, run-a-ways, and black
teenage whores
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142112
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I slept and it was pleasant. Then there was the kiss, and it was hot. Later you turned away, and all was November chill. Now there are touches, caresses and shouts, Marvelous nights flavored with favors bestowed, and blackened days,…
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142155
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this bleeding sun, clove studded & seedless
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142163
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" . . . the government works for the aliens now, taking over the world. That's why everything's so screwed up."
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1421159
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far beyond the far beyond
sparkles the stars like sparkles
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142122
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I am young. This is years before I start to hide my accent.
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142184
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His legs were pedaling hard and his heart was beating fast, He's got his scars; He can't outrun his past, Down the hill he goes, wind whipped his hair, a new style with each draft. He broke his brakes long ago; He cut the cable and ripped off the pads. He cried…
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142194
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Fear I’ll be stuck here without a ladder
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142150
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You wouldn’t believe an organ the size of a heart could scream like a nine-year-old sissy girl but mine did.
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142143
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Skulk like a lovespun spider in a record store corner
on the orange formica subway car
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142153
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I don't look like other poets. /
People hardly believe it when I say /
"I write poetry, sometimes. /
During lonely evenings."
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1421117
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--small chin, timid mouth, frail nose, weak narrow-set eyes--
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142112
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As a boy, he had little hope of ever becoming anything.
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142001
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Ben followed Jean-Claude’s white Fiat. Every time Ben shifted gears, he was reminded of Arris’s punch.
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1420157
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It seems that back in 1911, Kaiser Wilhelm came to this town
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142021
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Shut up.You shut up.That's disgusting.You should talk.Fuck off.Fuck me.whore.Yes.More.Shut up.
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1420147
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Through the Walmart parking lot
they came...
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142000
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There is an old Indian story which says that if a person inhales basil fumes, then scorpions will grow in the inhaler's brain. We have basil growing all over our garden, so this explains the absolutely stinging sensation I feel in my cerebellum after cutting the basil hedge…
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142074
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I remember going out to a restaurant with some guy and a friend of mine who brought her little boy along. And suddenly her boy said, “I want to hear the man talk.” Well, that stopped us. Smart kid, I thought. He was fed up hearing her women friends talk
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