1321 6 6
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He can’t enlarge the rock—/
can only find its safest distance
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132131
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There was nothing on the lake but a / faint sailboat and a shadowy gull.
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132100
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I saw magic for the first time when I was eight, on the day Jeremy Chendo showed me that paper cranes can fly.
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132132
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Elaine Aster paced her office trailing a cloud of smoke of cigarette smoke.
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132100
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A young officer approached the lawn where Shane was picketing with friends. All from middle-class neighborhoods, none considered "troubled," they were beginning to learn that obeying the law wasn't always enough . . .
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132100
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...black birds fall from trees...
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1320122
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The squirrels love the sun
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132031
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This was not a good sign, comforting gestures from strangers were bad omens.
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1320199
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it is said to make your manliness last forever
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132055
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The man who will lead you can be nothing
if not already found underneath the
light-heartedness of heaven, (dawn)
if not under the light-heartedness
of snow.
He would have to have happiness
already sewn into his soul.
He bears no burdens
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132000
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-Serves you right, you double agent bitch, spat Arris.
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132032
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Junior year, word got around that Eric had lost his virginity to his sophomore girlfriend. She rode him on the back seat of his car. Eric wasn't keen to discuss it - he seemed to feel a certain blushing shame. It was almost as if he was raped.Eric was a scientist, first and…
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132062
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I smell ham and biscuits
I ain't eatin' Triscuits
No more
No more, no more
Gonna get back on my Harley
With my mutt named Bisquick Charlie
I just ain't eatin’ Triscuits
No more, no more
And I heard you know the score
Yeah, I know you
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132000
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Michael lay on his back and counted his breaths, measuring their depth of inhalation and release.
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132040
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He almost died, but hasn’t been this much alive ever.
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132011
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132011
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our cogs
winding
and whirring
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1320126
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Agamemnon and Menelaus were/
complete creeps. Achilles was//
a pompous piece of shit.
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132054
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i hope that day comes sooner rather than later.
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132000
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Some friends of mine took him for a ride out to Broad Channel, you know that enclave of crazies that live in houses on stilts on the island in Jamaica Bay on Cross Bay Boulevard. He might find that when the tide comes in, the water might be a little deepe
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1320119
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I kept my seat. Passengers packed in the aisle weren't moving and until they were, neither was I.
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132000
|
When New Guinea's president was a student at UCLA he received an A- in organic chemistry after watching a Joan Rivers Informercial. Each year he tries to re-create the magic of that moment.
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131921
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Breaking News: Noted local writer and very minor celebrity Paul Steven Stone joined a growing list of talentless wannabes to bare skin and a hint of nipple in a shameless attempt to draw attention to his current blog posting. When asked how far he would g
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131963
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131900
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"I don't hear anything..." whispered Hannah. We had just reached the hatch at the top of the maintenance chute.
"Open it quietly, take a look around and if it's clear we climb out as silently as possible, OK go." Responded Pedro. His caution betraying h
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131972
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"The tundra was as cold and barren as Mother Theresa's womb."
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131989
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The manic,/
looking on, finds and polishes//
the sharp green shard and bottle cap
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131933
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Once I get through this I'm going to start: daily yoga stretches; walking the dog all the way to the waterfall every morning; tossing out, unread, Saturday's ads so I don't think about going into Walmart to buy Stack-A-Shelves (assembly required). Hey, even…
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131921
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Lost in the booth of Mr Punch's dreams,Jack Ketch flinches at the imagesflickering across torn curtains.The chirpy projectionistsits in his nest,flinging pictures:A snake, rising from a discarded pair of clown's trousers.A monkey, balancing on a watermelon.A burning sofa.A…
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131912
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Old scars at night burn hot and bright
Deep in her heart in Texas
She rides around with the ragtop down
Driving her brand new Lexus
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