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Lens

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Night fell and the photographer slept, one hand between Prue's legs.

April

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...he thought often of the rollicking waves, of being pulled under, of being weightless and senseless...

Sad News

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They got out wearing their crisp brown Army jackets and khaki pants; she saw the cross on the lapel of the officer's shirt and just knew. These men brought sad news from faraway places.

Latitude Adjustment

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Down South now means August cold snap, the forties roaring my wool cap off my head.

Wet funeral

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I know now, how she moves without verbs after you crushed her into the river.

Years After

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Years After she can go home.

Good For The Ducks

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It's dawn. It's quiet on the pond in the Public Garden. The light is calm, the pollution is mild, and everything is still,except for the occasional cruising taxi. It's the beginning of spring-- tulips out, leaves…

(From an Awakened Sleep)

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pluck me from the charred grate

Close those lips

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Ma tells me not to put a tampon between my legs. For fear of cotton fornication.

It Takes Three Heartbeats For Me To Fall In Love

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...and 55 words to tell you about it.

Bring Me His Head

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Just bring me his head, that cerebral kiln of hot, ruddy verbiage and cadence.

Mona

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Doc and I talked for several hours. When I told him Mona was pregnant, he turned his head and looked at me. “Who's the father?” he asked. Don't know, I said. Mona didn't know, either.

1993, What I Wanted

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Two-way conversation with God.

Flying Tiger

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I screwed my courage to the sticking point and asked him if he had shot down any Japanese airplanes. He grinned at me. “One,” he said.

Catalog of Disappeared Things

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He runs a mail-order business from a storefront and distributes a catalog of disappeared things.

The Way Back Home

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500 miles all the way from Omaha nine hours on the back of a flatbed truck

Lucky Strike

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I like the smoke going in but I like it even more when it's coming out

Mr. Smashface eats fast food at Supermarket # 9

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“Now God,” Mr. Smashface calls me out by name.

Slouching Towards Bethlehem

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We didn't wear shoes in the summer, except for Sunday school and church. The soles of our feet were black and tough as shoe leather.

Arcana Magi Memorial - c.4

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Azure walked through the fog as though she were walking to class. Her hands swayed through the mist and felt the thickness of the cloud through her fingers

The Clock Man's Trouble

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A lowing cow cracked open the darkened room like the yawn of a gravid alien.

4:45pm, Philadelphia

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He stays a couple of yards behind me as we slog uphill. I try to diffuse the tension with a coy toss of head, slip on wet leaves. My ankle rolls and I splat noisily down. From my new angle his beard looks less stylish—bristles straggle all up his neck. He maintains…

Siblings

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It seems the people of this house were a happy family – The smiling faces, the children’s enthusiasm tells me as much. I wonder what happened to them.

Art & Me

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A human cop and a cyborg detective team up to solve a case. A sci-fi-pulp-noir-detective story.

the last thing

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salmon maple syrup horseradish smoke detector the list read, scrawled in purple marker on the refrigerator door.

Walking

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Who are not here.

Disorienteering

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At night, on these New England roads, there is no light, no pink sodium-vapor glow, no guideposts.

Arcana Magi - c.24: Desperation

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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.

Joe for Town Council

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“I heard your dad took out the Dairy Queen drive-thru,” said Pat.

Common Sense

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'Yer a cool, cool glass of water baby....'