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no matter where we sit or how we stare— / all parades now march away to one day.
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110810
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I’m walking funny but only comedians notice.
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110884
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Back then he raced, grinding gears and skimming the edges of death.
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110820
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And then, like all those nights before, she just fell asleep seducing me.
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110710
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TW: Self-harm. I wanted to write a mental health essay that wasn't all rah! rah! and with as little sentimentality as possible. Out of everything I've published, I've gotten the most feedback from this--people telling me it helped them understand a loved one better, etc.…
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110730
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- Of or relating to dreams
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110700
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My guy was Croatian. I sought an Italian.
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110733
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Bite an apple and watch them come,
God only knows wherefrom.
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110711
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Outside the lattice of snow suspended in the air comes with traces of the glitter that was in her hair.
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1107155
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The trio stuffed their grilling equipment in a battered van and left for Dixieland Speedway at 4:30 am.
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110733
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Forgive the earth that’s
got a hold on you.
Forgive the trees.
Forgive yourself,
you were
damaged goods.
Therefore,
quit looking for the
expected.
Look instead
at the unknown
as a fact.
Describe it.
Use great detail.
And
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110700
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Uproot everything, a muddy hole when done
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110700
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How long to make something pretty?
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110663
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110633
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“the calendar of my future was in there!”/
yes: all tomorrows belong to the dead cats,/
their decisions relinquish one day per day.
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110653
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A thrum of imminent sentience-
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110601
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110653
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the continuous racket, a buzz saw trumpet
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110653
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I've always been a sucker for a pretty face. It's unreasonable sometimes. Yesterday, in the middle of nowhere was a house that might have seen better days in the dustbowl of depression era Oklahoma. Two Australian Shepherds launched from the rickety porch. It was clear…
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110644
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peripheral dreams fall out from the head / the body squirms then burrows abed: /
“have you had a good life? you now have less! / —led a hard life instead? you soon will be gone!”
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110562
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Somewhere in the tenth dimension
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110530
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The little butterfly struggled against the wind. As little butterflies sometimes do. Tossed and turned around by relentless, uncaring gusts. The little butterfly would make progress, but then be pushed back. Tantalizing close to where she was heading. A…
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110520
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Connecting the dots the past two weeks, I’ve concluded you’re pregnant again.
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110555
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Wait for it. It's not the end of the world, it's the end of certain things. It's not that the sky is falling, it's that the coral reefs are dead or dying. I don't know how the ravaged trees have managed to survive this long with us breathing…
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110510
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She's a woman who travels often. Maybe for work. Maybe for mischief. She's a "free spirit" trapped by her desire for love. But she numbs it with the warmth of a new man's touch. She leaves herself reminders that often fail her or remain inconsistent. She wants to…
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110553
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I needed a job. They needed a writer without humanistic moral qualms to create slogans for the Human Annihilation Project
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1105107
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I am not thelargest animalin the forest because theforest itselfis an animal but I am theonly thing the shape of me ********************************************** Faerie She was tiny and bright andwhen I touched her…
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110531
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“Madras shorts with those candy-ass Brooks Brothers shirts? If you wear stripes with plaids, you’ll look like a TV test pattern.”
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110542
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Wound up taking smiling lessons
Six days in a row
But they didn’t take
All the people in my class
They were so fake
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110543
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What if it was all cut and calculated.
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