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"... A set of vertebrae disintegrate and a woman falls face first into her dinner plate."
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1143177
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are you afraid sometimes, in the night, in the wind as it beats down your maelstrom thoughts?
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114351
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Joey tried to shoot the cop with his air gun but the cop sprayed Joey with pepper spray.
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114333
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When they first met at the bar, right away
he was sweet on her.
He drove an old oil-burning Buick or Olds,
going down the road like a smudge pot.
He never kept food in his car,
where it would get hot and spoiled.
He only picked nice fresh
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114274
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not in the interest of verisimilitude/
for there's plenty of that in each day already/
as trajectories interrupt other trajectories
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114211
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When I met Sally
I was all
Unsuspecting
Of what powers
Might be found
In this world and
In a woman.
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1142149
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the Blue Ridge Mountains were entangled in their usual mist, but the early morning sky looked good
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114211
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Surely someone as clever as I can hatch a plan that will make them pay for rejecting me. Ignoring my genius has a cost and they will pay the price.
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114241
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He puts the briefcase on the sand and removes a pistol.
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114276
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I try to keep myself from weeping.
We are all actors in a bad dream,
that doesn’t go away in the morning
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114221
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When gratitude on lovers' lips rings false/ As flattery by courtly sycophants,/ Take care to well distinguish gold from dross/ So as to gild gladder remembrances.
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114220
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With nipples like those, rose-colored, we could have fed a nation!
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114241
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You will know the country for fences, for feces, for cows, or,
You will know the country for the smell of hay and manure blowing over the hills to you.
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114200
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tragically / once upon a time / two people / far away / ...
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114274
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Life is meagre with me; I am unsatisfied and left always begging for __________.
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114200
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“Stay away from fad fruits and vegetables like endive, pomegranates and kiwis,” his father said. “Stick with something that people need, something that will last–parsley.”
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114175
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They hunger for new real estate/
and those resources underground
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114134
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You're all I've got to keep me company, but it's a very fine company. So familiar, and warm as any cold digital fireplace. I can tell you've got more in your story, but it doesn't make you happy. I really do not feel well today. Fun I wanted to…
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114110
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“You got a cigarette, man?” “Hey, mister, you got a cigarette?” “You got a cigarette, mister?” “Hey, mister, you listening to me? You got any spare change?” The voice was coming from the…
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114154
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"Tell me what you remember."
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114121
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In need of help, he bought his first self-help book at the age of twenty-nine.
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114100
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I’ll give you a pair of grey cement pumps
then into the river, your body I’ll dump.
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114144
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The graffiti has grown so large
It has covered everything we know and love
It has covered the windows, shutting out the light
And it’s all about leaving your mark
The ones who are living outside your walls
Have grown worried about leaving th
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114132
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Questions unanswered proliferate/
across the April sky, blue//
with wisps of cirrus white.
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114100
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demanded he give up muscatel art
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114000
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114010
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You sit brooding at the barOn a Friday nightOn the patio on a Friday nightAnd people try to figure you outI thinkAnd I am so quite andSo tired Too tired to even drive homeDrainedI just need that drink to feel betterAnd I stare off in a hazeWhats wrong?I don't…
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114032
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Billy fell into a bottle, and we couldn't get him out.
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114010
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“He’s a tough nut,” says CIA officer Marlon McGrath. “He says he’ll die a martyr rather than crack before we get to the Booster Club award for outstanding female athlete.”
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114011
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But please, don't let me fall into any more smaller pieces than I already have, before I get to kiss someone again and really mean It. I'm pretty sure I've always believed in something more positive than just hate. I've …
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