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Will it//
scare us shitless when we can finally/
draw ourselves a likeness of it?
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That’s where her reputation Wild Cat came from.
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Jo was tailored, Amy was frivolous with ribbons and bows, Meg was plain and sensible; and Beth, who was ill and had no costume changes, wore the same nightgown throughout the dress-up session.
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Mike Summer's moustache was perfect. Hard bristle and so symmetrical it looked cut to the angles of a military imperative. He was pretty proud of it, thought the team of beaters, who watched him as he sat on the boot ledge of his sage green Mercedes 123 T, combing…
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today
somewhere by water
this photograph of a woman
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He will spread peace like wet blood on a sheet.
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“Professor Gosser,”continued Victor, “I once screwed three women in a row--I mean of course, time, not space—good one, huh? Well, each woman farted at the exact moment she climaxed. Would that qualify as coincidence? And did it have anything to do with th
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“You take the woman, you get her records,” Dean said, and he didn't seem the least bit troubled by the Streisand album.
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[...] in the living room above the fire, someone had gouged a letter A on the wall.
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Kiln dried mummies, landscape of once were alpacas. / Now all the wool is farmed in Alva
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I tell my students about a timewhen seniority was told by the number of fingers on a worker's hands No weekends or overtime, children — bare toes dangling — twelve hours on the line I look for…
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You had autumn in your hair
I liked the way you sat at a table
And drank champagne
My past years have carried me
To sixteen countries
Christ, we have so much to share
Listen, I know how the other half lives
And we can’t live like that an
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If I was a bum
I’d risk everything
For a drink or a smoke.
I would beg and curse and steal
If I was a bum.
If I was a bum
I would cuss out the Pope.
I would not vote for anyone
Because I would know truly
They’d be telling gross lies.
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The main street has turned into the lowland of dust devils, with the red sun scorching, continuing to serve the living like a giant blood pentacle.It looks like a heathen ritual invoking an ugly looking God with wings or horns, but beneath the whirlwind of rising…
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Suddenly you've got something to do on Sundays -
Wake up early and dress your best.
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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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The rhythm of my breathing
is a litany of regret.
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That night Magdalene dreamt about Jesus.
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never have i wanted/ to stay in one place long,/ flight inspired to escape/ existential ennui--
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A thin line separated her lips, like something sketched with a pencil.
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How does Bandie feel about snakes? This is my thought. What good is a serpent without venom?
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Whether the girl was found fleeing and abducted into a short life of inexcusable torment or she escaped from the paths of Kulowul, the kingdom would fall in a matter of days.
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What it was for, didn’t matter. When Susan walked into Fred’s house every few weeks and start talking, he’d just nod and say, “Sure, I know how tough it is out there, baby.” Then they’d drink some wine and put on some music, and he’d give her a little mon
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It's going to be expensive, but it's booked and I am going to enjoy every single minute of it.
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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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She was, they said, everyman’s armful;
Bedding down with her was most likely harmful.
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and any stain or streak/
is as you will or wish it
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they could be barefoot bastard children
for somebody else to clothe
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