1288 9 8
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with peaty aromatics, opened,/
and a welcomed sting, swallowed,
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1287128
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What does God find abhorrent?
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128710
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at the front of the bus/ sways a white-veiled woman:/ gnarled hands upon/ a bag of palms,
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128711
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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.
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128711
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Before Uncle Max died of a heart attack, he had some words of advice for his only nephew and godson. Upon his death, as instructed, a package in brown paper arrived at Jeffery Glimson’s house on a warm June afternoon.
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128740
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I've been chasing something that cannot be caught.
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1287159
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far beyond the far beyond
sparkles the stars like sparkles
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128753
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"Do you kiss all of your models?"
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128711
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You have more names
Than a Spanish grandee. Your lives
I’m too envious to count.
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128743
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Whatever it is, the night vibe feeds off that disadvantage, nibbles at the desperation of those who come here.
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128740
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“Help me,” the man said in his mind. He lay beside the folding camp stool alone in the middle of the woods, in the clearing where he and the dog always rested.
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12871710
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the moon tops the monolith
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1287146
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Dead drunks sing Christmas/
songs-
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128755
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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…
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128741
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The second time I watched him, I helped him carry her to the woods. [100 words].
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1287106
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We do not all love each other for the sake of our shared art, apparently.
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128784
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I love the notion of uncertainty-/
which seems inherent/
at the level of particles-
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128642
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III. Through wheelwind crypts of mystery, through…
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128631
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Stone-gathering became my job
by default. Digging the foundation, trundling the loaded wheelbarrow away from the site, yours.
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128621
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She said it feels wrong. Too wet, she said. I snickered, she smacked.
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1286118
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how much is downed/
to counteract the down/
with deeper down.
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128661
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128620
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Ah, the nerve of hot-blooded youth! But the drinking age was only 18 in New Orleans, and we couldn’t resist the call of all that legalized drinking (even though I had fake I.D’s my roommate at Urbana had given me.)
You and I had already consecrated
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128633
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128675
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Forgive the doctor/
his hypocrisy -
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128630
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These are not the caffeinated men of barbaric lore.
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128642
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you can reach me at
hashtag this!
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128621
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Between the commercials, the local news is rampant with fusillade of bullets going raving mad, driven by some Machiavellian brainfuck, or bombshells smiling down with angels in black; emoticons of solid metal and pride. But you would put your faith in…
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128522
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The mannequin’s blind eyes, open, green, serene,
Look away from the cross, her hand
Against our crotch, against
Our suffering, our agony of being
Alive and beating warm.
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128511
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All I ask is that the guy has teeth and an income. More important are the teeth because he can always get a job, but he can’t un-rot the teeth he’s lost to meth.
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