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Nearly Whole

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I want that one, unnoticed taste.

The Man Inside

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...her facial twitches, gasps and whines, her moments of trapped silence.

Manic Episode

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The manic,/ looking on, finds and polishes// the sharp green shard and bottle cap

Unintentional Hermits/ Animal Cities- The General Woman

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She lived a good life she told herself. She lived a good life because she demanded little- little materialistic comforts that is- at least this is what she thought- and what she demanded anyway was simple, aesthetic; sophisticated and perhaps even neat. Yes she was a neat…

nerd

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We are nerds. We are Legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us bitch.

The Nude Pianist: A Novel: Chapter 20

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Elaine Aster paced her office trailing a cloud of smoke of cigarette smoke.

Five Million Yen: Chapter 57

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—Christ all mighty, said Ben to himself as he watched Isabella and Leona enter the bank. Those are some extraordinary examples of female flesh.

Brucey

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I kept my seat. Passengers packed in the aisle weren't moving and until they were, neither was I.

Fun New Year's Traditions From Around the World

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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.

Visitations

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The squirrels love the sun

Finite

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This was not a good sign, comforting gestures from strangers were bad omens.

The New Main Stream

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An hour later, we're no closer to the tunnel. In our rental car, we're just two in a school of a thousand fish skimming the edge of the island. Go with the flow, we keep saying to each other. We're just going with the flow. …

From This Distance

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Can you remember now? How we could each disappear completely, connected despite fault lines. . . .

Sacrament

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“Eat up, little brother” Jack called out from his end of the table. “The food will make your blood dance. It will be eager to mix with Helen’s.”

Karen's Song from 1967

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I had to go to the lost and fondue.

PTSD

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the queue for hell

Year End Close-out

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Strauss does all the stirring at the start./ The rest is all murk and meander

On the Deeper Slants of the Universe

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Everything makes sense.

Breath

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Michael lay on his back and counted his breaths, measuring their depth of inhalation and release.

Once I get through this

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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…

My Resolutions for YOU In 2014

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Every year I make New Year's resolutions and every year I break them. So this year, I'm trying something different -- resolutions for other people. Hey world -- here are the changes I'd like to see YOU make in 2014(1) Cell phone owners: No more blathering on your cell in…

OCTOBER 22nd

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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 . . .

Crimson and Clover

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The world follows me everywhere. I can’t get rid of it. I’m being stalked by a planet.

Five Million Yen: Chapter 20

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They are sea scallops wrapped in bacon, grilled with butter and lemon and plated in heavy seasoned cream sauce and served with apricot chutney.

Screen Saver

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Carl was tight with stress, he is the lead architect and developer on a new condo in the newly gentrified section, DUM-AS, (which stands for Direct U-turn from Manhattan-Almost Scary.) Carl’s condo is one of a pair of new condo’s erected at the same time

Flight

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I know what to expect because this has happened before. The darkness, the stench of an unlit match, The leathery sound of old wings flapping and finally that voice made up of feces and dust, ancient and terrible suggesting depravity and painful deaths t

The Continuum of Flames

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Molly was from dull and wet Kansas City, Missouri, where she learned to pass the time in the many record shops and bars that lined it's inconspicuously storied streets, catching the attention of a young red blooded all American Kansas City man, from time

Biscuits and Gravy

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Lips touch briefly at first

Up Front

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He almost died, but hasn’t been this much alive ever.

Having Fun With Literature

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"The tundra was as cold and barren as Mother Theresa's womb."