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The Cat's Pajamas

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It all started when he bought my leopard nightie.

Second Wave, 1944 (with notes)

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Here were men trying their best to kill other men....

Black and White

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Chris and I have an understanding. We've been playing cops and robbers all morning, running around and stirring up shit.

We Poor Splendid to Look On

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Leave us to hide our sundials in our caves— / discard our scrolls that guide no more, / to time our nights to learn if we can grieve / —we’ve too much noise or less than we can hear . . .

pome sequence from an early spring

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Say say say say say say says our I-I-I-me tunes:

A Condemnation

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I won't read between the lineswhen the linesI'm daily given are half truthsI will take what you sayas truewhenthe truthsuits me as well as it suits youI heard you yelling at him, you knowyou didn't know I was home yet but I wasI was grabbing a package off the…

'How I Came To Find Out I'm Like Thomas Pynchon and Bruce Sterling' by ... yours TRULY!!! The third born of three. Or four. Or

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yup.

Poof

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Yesterday's protest...

Things Inside of Other Things

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Determined to make this Thanksgiving more special than the last, she ponders long on how to create a chiduckey.

Unconditional Unbroken

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It's house has seen every day and every night From its windows stars are born and die

They Were RICHEY-RICH!!! (Part IV-tham, and FINAL!)

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Doubts.

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It's dark outside.

Being Generic.

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"Why bother?" Her companion muttered something not dissimilar.

That's All Right

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People are yelling for Little Elvis

Death Dreams, by Norman Klein

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My hand falling...

Shopping List Mind

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No-one ever sits beside him. As if he might urinate, or spit. Or, worse, engage in conversation about God.

Through a Sudden Window

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There is someone looking for youfor himself or her. I don't know if they'll keep on looking forever when we live our present lives so far apart from each other. You might as well be behind a glass at all times. But I still would want that lucky…

Wish I Had

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A pet scorpion. A pet scorpion named Chris.(1)

Another Band Name

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Hillary's Pantsuits

The World is Full

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of birds. The world is full of snakes. The world isfull of mushrooms. The world is full of flies. The worldis full of bombs. Not so many trees. Not as many as you might think. The world is full of flowers. Notso many bees. The world is full of rocks. Some…

Tyka

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I open the door...

1234

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My letters are getting lost in the soup

How the Monarchs Thrive

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At the time, Leanne was meant to be going with Daryll Keyser. She played bells in Mr. Davis’ marching band, and Daryll played tuba. On the bus home from Tulip Festivals, still in their uniforms, they’d do things to each other in 10-minute turns...

Sanctuary

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until the last wisps started their heartless descent admitted by default to this curious flock a sorority I never wanted to join the red poison drips relentless

When Janey Sees Cats

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Wherever she looks, Janey sees cats; staring in at her through the kitchen window, peering out from beneath cars, and eyeing her through hedges. With their sinuous bodies and merciless stares, they remind her of her sister. "Plain Jane and Scary Mary", the dog and…

Salt

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Betty shakes herself out of her reverie and sprinkles a bit more salt on Frank's meatloaf. Over the last few weeks, usually when she's in the kitchen, her mind wanders to Florida. Betty loves Florida, loves the retirement community where her sister Esther lives.She pours…

They Didn't Love Their Daughter.

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“But he's going to the University of Chicago!” “I know.” …

Dog Meat

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The squad comes upon two of the long-snouted dogs gnawing at the bloated carcass of a third.

bird

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Ah now, behold this bird. This silly little bird. Holding in his claw his piece of bread. His feathers white, his yellow comb. So proud to show his comb, designed to catch the eye of that other he's so attentive to. Though she indifferent…

Squog

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I choose my words carefully, “Dogs love to chase squirrels, squirrels hate being chased by dogs. It’s a pattern that results in both dogs and squirrels being frustrated.”