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The last thing I heard was a loud retch
The loudest retch I have ever heard
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She was trying to hold something, gathering in … lips blue/ black, saying: “I’m all right.”
I remember her telling me, over the phone one time: “It’s a baby rabbit, and he was having a picnic. He was chewing away and chewing away. I had six tomato pla
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Believe me, I would run if I could, but there seems to be a low haze of molasses clinging to my ankles.
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It was the truth, you'd say. Then someone else would step in, someone who knew the situation. It wasn't long before the entire population of our sleepy little town became accustomed to your routine. It was even welcome in some circles. Those circles were made up…
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my pilgrim tongue
on the map of
your body
seeks sanctuary
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when I said good morning I meant
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He was a Decembrist but he was not / one of the hanged
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Regina Dawn "Gina" Edwards, 49, passed away June 2, 2006.
R.I.P. "Ridge Woman"
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It has been two days since nearly seven billion people have gained some extent of super powers and I figure it will only be one or two until they tear this planet asunder. I have had to move from my third story loft and take refuge in the basement of my apartment complex.…
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Angelo stood to the side and lit a cigarette.
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I can confirm nothing/
but impressions of the world//
that appear beyond my/
body’s reach.
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I am tripping on poetry.
Purple ink drips from my eyes like ergot of rye.
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My father owned a penny arcade. I worked for him every summer all during my youth. My job was to hand green tickets to customers who achieved a certain score on Skee-Ball or shuffleboard. The coupons could be redeemed for merchandise which we had on display on…
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I can hear the gardeners blowing leaves. They carry engines with long tubes that blow air in a great rush and send the leaves whirling forward as they advance. Fairies dance in a ring as the gardeners approach, oblivious to the whirr of their engines. The
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“She said I hurt her and my father, the both of them.”
Rose patted her round belly, carried high and in front, likely a boy. “I can see that.”
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In which era was it not a scary world?/
Last century, the perils were both red and yellow/
after Jerry was undone. Now, they’re brown/
and cross, without respect, the Rio Grande
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Ben woke in a black mood. His head was ready to explode and his throat was raw
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Don't slow down, he said, time grows shorter every minute.
So you pretended to stay young or cheated on your marriage or forgot to watch your children growing up, and still never found someone who could understand you.
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I love you, I said. A beautiful smile struggled through the pain. But I love you more.
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A decade, at minimum, was how long their notes had transpired.Still, they all knew how it would end.
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I saw it all, in a flash. Holy shit! I thought. This is good. I have to sit down and begin writing. This is serious. Dead serious!
I would rather be doing this than eating, or fucking, or anything. It was exhilarating. If I could only keep this up, who
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Ben was stuck between sweet essences and rancid Talmudic funk. It was going to be a long trip.
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And the urban sprawl doesn’t hesitate. All around me, I taste the aftermath of bricks, dust and dirt, freshly laid concrete slabs.
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Cacophony of an engine-braking eighteen-wheeler/
scatters the crows to fences, trees and wires/
in a startling chant of caw, caw, caw.
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She was wearing a black tank top and jeans, standing in the shade. Why was she there again? The camera hanging around her wrist answered her question. Right, he had called. He had asked if she could take picture for him and his…
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he considers the swirl of galaxies/
with their black hole hearts,
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It made him feel better to imagine she was someone else, someone he didn't know. This comfort bothered him
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He, an irregular chap,
Was known for his hat with a flap.
Had fleet feet and a very strong back.
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