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It was as if every wrong foisted upon his ancestors stirred up a war in him and he was charged with intending the canon at the living.
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92510
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The lace fell through the fingers, wrinkled and nimble they had become too used to avoiding the finite objects in life which needed attention. The white cotton sat loosely on her shoulders, the collar exposed the skin which had become dry and her shoulder
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92565
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We drank beer and played loose pool, attracted two fun girls, one Jamaican, the other dirty blonde, both of whom seemed interested in only one of the four of us.
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92501
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She BENDS over and retrieves a bag that says POTATO CHIPS on it. Her dress is vaguely sweaty.
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92521
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A man alone in his paid-for living room, with his hands folded behind his head.
A man running from a bar, a bald man seen from behind.
Someone who made a wide circle to avoid your laughter.
A man undressing at the side of the road saying: “How y
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92521
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one will become a tobacco king;
another will steal copper plumbing on moonlessnights.
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92442
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92421
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Ben left the airport and headed toward downtown Nice, his stomach was in a knot.
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92400
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We used to have a saying: steal an old lady’s pocketbook and you’ll go to jail, steal her pension and you’ll go to the Ritz.
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92400
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Call it what you may but misfortune, bad luck, disaster, adversity and trials of different calibers can hit us at any time.We are human. We experience the ups and downs of life everyday. Out of a job, lack of money, health insurance and other luxuries that some people…
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92433
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We are both 53 and this is the first time I’ve gotten past a third date with anyone from Match. Seth is different. I’m not sure why. My therapist said, “Well, maybe you’ll be good for each other. You both have to accept that you are recovering, or in reco
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924158
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It is imperfect,/
eroded by the optics//
of light, space/
and orbital mechanics.
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92400
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...an aggregation of physical nature with the abstraction of 'applicabilty,' more than just a word, but a magickal spell that conjures technology out of ecology.
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92400
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dove from the trenches, double-check
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92400
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This was how he circumnavigated people, bartering like a viking setting prices on the edge of an ax-blade.
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92495
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Someone must bear witness//
at a comfortable remove.
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92400
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The way horizons disappear in the dark.
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92411
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What I'm going to do is grab this eight-year-old fellow down the block, and declare him a candidate for this Presidential campaign. I'll be his campaign manager, and our whole message will be based on the First Streetlight platform. It's old school but very…
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92430
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These are not the caffeinated men of barbaric lore.
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92489
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The manic,/
looking on, finds and polishes//
the sharp green shard and bottle cap
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92400
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"A Social Worker develops programs to help feed the poor," she had said, "and makes sure there's a chicken in every pot. A Counselor asks them how they feel about getting the chicken. And a Therapist diagnoses and treats them when they start hearing
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92411
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I blame you for my short temper when I go off the handle when my blood runs cold and I can't think straight I can only react. When I say things I don't mean Even if I do. But I am glad for the fire you started inside of me. That time I…
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92400
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That’s where her reputation Wild Cat came from.
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92441
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And so, many ideas and stories and wonders crash onto the shores of my conscience...
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92330
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We fall through two feet of clouds and dragons before we land softly on our feet in clover and crab grass.
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92323
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The weather, mid-sixties now,
will take its toll on
this singular voice.
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92311
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I had put the child's wagon, which had been red once, back together again. “Honey”, I said, “I found out the garbagemen will pick up concrete this month.” So, I put…
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92344
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“Everyone you see is half asleep. And you're on your own, you're in the street.” -John Lennon What we can muster now is a few choice words of humor, but unfortunately that won't show them anything that they haven't seen…
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92351
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...the woman of the sun, twelve stars around her head, the moon at her feet.
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923159
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Other pathways are more satisfactory. They are more closely attuned to music of the other world. Even so, the heat eventually burns them up.
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