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Later that night, he lay his shivering children in his own bed, the bed that betrayed and abandoned him just a few years ago. It will protect them now.
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"She has a lot of time to think these days. What else is a woman to do with the rest of her life?"
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To my right, blank stares interchange with closed eyelids on an unkempt face. The minutes drip into the endless sea of night outside the window, each time creating a deeper blackness.
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no one likes a bitchy cowboyhike up yer britchespull yer brim down'nshut up and ridestop making petsout of peevesand idolsout of gossipinsteadmake a hobbyout of yer horseand fer godsakesseason that saddle
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So this is what hate feels like. I glare at her, across the room standing there with him. Tall, blond, slender, perfect complexion, adorable smile, and bright eyes; and him and his lean athletic build, soft square jawline, charming smile, deep blue gree
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Only the occasional kindness of a stranger,//
The curve of his back, a slope rushing past me,//
Is luminous, the coin pressed in my hand . . .////
And yes, I beg.////
I open my palm//
As Jesus did.//
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Oryn woke up in her desk. Sweat trickled from her forehead. Staring at her notepad, with her latest calculation, she forgot to go home. Her thoughts of Alysia calmed for now, but still lingered from her dreams.
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It’ll die in there and the stairwell’ll stink for weeks, Greg says in the car. We’re quiet, considering that.
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Approaching the kitchen from the foyer the reverb lessened until heel and floor where flint on flint. No spark was made.
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20841514
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I see those shoes and the status they confer, and I know what they cost.
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i stained his hockey sheets
right over the red wings
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Richard bounds up the stairs to his apartment. He can’t wait to get home to his new kitty. He found the poor cat right outside of his building just a few days ago, and already they’ve become fast friends.
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once wedding cake
under pillows.
now fluffy frosting
on squashed defeat
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I don't think dogs like to die with the pack.
The smell of them rotting brings trouble in the wild,
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At night, on these New England roads, there is no light, no pink sodium-vapor glow, no guideposts.
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... we both know how we go to fresh air like fish, gasping.
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I watch my mother and my daughter, each wondering in her own quiet way about where this story will go next.
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Ai thought she was flying at first, but she felt herself leaning on something. Before she could figure out what was happening, her eyes closed again, and had a short dream.
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There's always a sound, something triggering the fear.
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'Yer a cool, cool glass of water baby....'
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this one was abandoned... a splinter left under the skin, pushed out by protective flesh
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The voices he hears are God and the Devil and he knows the difference. Therefore, he is not mentally ill.
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Mama hung them everywhere. It started with just a few, in our apartment and outside on the brick. She made walls into windows.
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but let's stop and take another look at things
could it be through our closed eyes
that we didn't really know what we were talking about
that there never was a surprise
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Danica saw her hand with the ring lifted up by Oryn. Both of their eyes locked onto the red gem and Danica understood what Oryn offered.
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Alysia stopped for a moment. She knew what she was going to say, but held back her words and thoughts. Chisame took advantage of her hesitance.
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My mother’s old china no longer reflects. It’s value is now estimated as drywall.
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hooves moon dark latch eyes rope / Bess the landlord's daughter, the landlord's blackeyed daughter / gun breasts dress shame shouts blood blood blood
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