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Three New Poems

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"A man's soul or lack of it will be evident with what he can carve upon a white sheet of paper."--Charles BukowskiBone We built a secret road and rolled it into a crumpled ball and pushed it deep into an empty wine bottleAnd dropped it into the laughing ocean for much,…

The End

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"Tell me what you remember."

RONNIE AND RACHEL

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Silent defenders of penumbra one

How Bruce Became a Lover of Key Lime Pie

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He consumed the key lime pie, while wearing a lime-green sports bra.

White Treasure

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one man's trash

dealt.

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Stealing time. Always gambling. I used to wake up with wet eyes; remnants of nights and days spent in places I never wanted to leave. I took to insomnia to escape the dreams that reminded me of places I could never return to.Now I sleep here. When I can.

My Ten Chapter Memoir

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I am always impressed with your intelligence. I love watches. I'm not interested in time. I am well read so talking to myself can be fun.

Banger in the Hanger

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song

Sweet Dream

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you are in Faulkner’s dream -a lost pilgrim in cheap shoes

The Nude Pianist: A Novel: Chapter 53

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—Francesco, said Zambrano, rising from his desk and putting his arm around Frank's shoulder. You and me, we're business partners. Regular capital crime buddies.

Numismatics

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The next/ may be the lucky one,/ undiscovered all these years.

Prowl Car

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Mischief / has marked the bone marauders for doom.

The Longer

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The longer this goes on the worse it gets.

Testing, Testing

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I awoke sweating like a Mormon at an anti-bigamy conference.

Creating Raoul

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Randall had created Raoul to enjoy the freedom of being another person, but this became his second life crisis.

Trapped

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They were overweight, diabetic, and trapped in a cellphone dead zone.

God Works Out of A Home Office

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with binoculars neighbor reads screen text:

unstoppable fire

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First of all, you should know an unstoppable fire made my panties roar for you. Maybe you will come to understand what effect you had on my life, my whole life, I mean. You should know the effect you had on people. Me, and Sharon too, both. And I’m sure

Change in Status

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First, he wrote it in a patch of new, wet cement one night at the intersection, for everyone to see, “Tad Loves Kimberley.” Maybe they were still in high school, or one of them worked at the café on the corner, and the other at the ice cream shop. Then

Juggling

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Life is meagre with me; I am unsatisfied and left always begging for __________.

The Band That Didn't Memorize Christmas Songs

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A man stared out a window, only to see a passing train.

1978 What I Wanted

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What I wanted was to rewind the film

Beside the Swing Set

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Julie had a thousand freckles the color of mud.

Nepenthe

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Alas, the wind, the rain/ and plate tectonics take temples,/ fire and sediment papyrus and clay,

sunset pleadings

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fade away glorious, golden delicious

In the Month of Halloween

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Did you ever have a morning when you just did not want to wake up? Sleep can be marvelous, but dreams not so much. If you believe, here is a tale. "She was awakened by the mushing of her pillow around where her head lay squarely on it. It was not violent,

Moreneta

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Hold my heart the child in your arms The roses of April blooming, I bend down before you cracked and broke Spilled out like albumin.

Hide and Seek

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In September she had been wise.

For You, For Me

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...mark every buoy...

Bohemian eyes

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I know I was hungry. I was hungry for what you had to offer, your fast cars, your dad’s ski boat, your beautiful mouth and its pretty words, your Bohemian eyes and yes, for the joy you could give me between the legs. But I was unprepared for the lif