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Scottish Independence

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with peaty aromatics, opened,/ and a welcomed sting, swallowed,

[TD100 - 1] The Woods

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The second time I watched him, I helped him carry her to the woods. [100 words].

Apollo (2/2 - sections 3-5)

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III. Through wheelwind crypts of mystery, through…

A Lapse in Concentration

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[...] A crimson post-it note/ illustrates the squiggle of a resting pulse wavering/ near the broken pencil leads and whorls of/soft wood which may be classed as evidence.

The Broken

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A precious heart unfolding the joy within Carefree play marked footsteps skipping along the way Such wonders untold awaiting a time of promise Stilled in the night by a grasping hand Held down in silence fear feeds off this soul Marking its to

And You--And You--And You

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“Good to see you, old man,” Greg said. He was like that, an investment banker, a latter-day Tom Buchanan without the polo ponies, self-consciously fusty.

Juicy | In the Umbra

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He licks his lips and mouths the air, salivating, unashamed of his propensity for the round, pink grapefruit, the almost egg-shaped oranges, the firm, juicy tangerines.

Carnival

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I’m well aware of the shadow stalking just to my left, her mannish voice flirting with my sensibilities.

Thanatos Collective

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the cocksucking of strategic death planning

Zen Yoga Mind Over Body Food Prep Hair Net

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See the hair Know the hair Remove the hair

far beyond

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far beyond the far beyond sparkles the stars like sparkles

moon/light

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the cue & flash

Variations on a Theme by Pina Bausch

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Threads of sadness in the hands, in the touch

Wanderer and The Temple

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the odd stone stands/taller than trees/it protrudes from the young forest/an old mecca but smooth

Ennui

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I've done the math, it didn't count. All the days and years of endless boredom. Of waiting for the next best thing, trapped inside your mind like a lifetime prison sentence. Maybe one day we'll be free, maybe one day we won't feel so oppressed. But when does that day…

Breaking Bread at Al Qalzam

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My first time alone with the women in Saudi Arabia...

Runts

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Dead drunks sing Christmas/ songs-

What happens when you listen too much

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It's definitely not her pretty face that made him smile so quirkily when she returned in the evening.

what time is it really is it?

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. . . the roar of fire speaks lasting heat . . . .

The Fake Humility of Stars is a Terrible Thing to Waste( in Three Recycled Parts)

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F Bomb I am coming in like a blackbird. Like I'm going to tickle your mud. I am coming in carrying a half-sunk message backward. Is that your lonesome answer? I am coming in to sweep for all saints. 'Course I didn't just wake up…

With Respect to a Fellow Poet

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We do not all love each other for the sake of our shared art, apparently.

Another Time

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My boyfriend had to work but had gotten a turkey for free and thought I could make it for everyone for Christmas Eve dinner. I had never made a turkey before, and not much of anything else. Now if my sister had been there, it might have been a meal of cul

Ambivalence

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She said it feels wrong. Too wet, she said. I snickered, she smacked.

Amish in the Theater of Lust

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Through the Walmart parking lot they came...

My Own Gun

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“What's a slut?”

American Passage

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The moon, a cataract cloaked in its charcoal fog, slowly seeps among the trees; night's unguent.Its glance is constant and white,its arc known. I watch its brow of bone with constant wonder.The long, slow funeral of America is taking its time; its…

red lights alone

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before five/glancing down Academy Street/sloping west to where the tracks crossed/twisted tangled metal on wheels.

Starlight

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I've been chasing something that cannot be caught.

The New Lycanthropy

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Who remains after the aching night has departed into dawn and left us to week-old sleep

Nothing Ever Stays Looking

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The same, some things you Can't explain, most trees Have felt it go bone dry at the roots before. I've learned to let love Go bye bye. You think they don't Want to answer your pathetic knocks, But they're…