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Momo told me not to mind her, but I did. At night, after he'd tucked me in, I could hear him on the phone in the living room, talking for a long time. Early this morning he woke me up and gave me my backpack. ‘Put some clothes in here', he said. ‘We're going on a trip.'
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1947198
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A discussion at the homeless colony under the expressway overpass crossing the river:
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194631
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“Tonight’s news begins with a Stone’s Throw exclusive. Intimate friends of hotel heiress Paris Hilton have confided that the talent-starved celebrity has agreed to marry Quaker Bob, longtime spokesperson and package icon for Quaker Oats cereal.
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194696
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All of those lovelies, pitched on the ground, ignored and ready to rot.
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194621
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Fleas were a constant reminder that humans are food.
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194520
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How curious that the thought arrived first in Portuguese; perhaps, after so many years, he was finally becoming Brazilian.
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19451915
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as long as you have some snacks up there
I can be brave
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1945247
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I watched as the light fled
from your eyes,
No slowly dimming lamp,
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194562
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Erwin came into the kitchen through the back door and went straight to the sink to clean up. Black mud and dried blood crusted his fingertips and caked the callused whorls of his knuckles. He used the round of strong-smelling soap he kept for…
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1945109
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I ordered biscuits and gravy
at the Sunset Grill,
Just before the Amber Alert
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194541
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I think theorems and hypotheses
but all that comes out is punching and smashing
frustrated hate flows where I'd prefer to know love.
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194544
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If Single Stroke Seven were a cocktail, it would be a Bloody Mary made of one part Worcestershire sauce, the other part gas station vodka, and ketchup and hot sauce packets swiped from fast food joints. Chill with ice crystals chiseled off freezer walls,
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194510
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"People just weren't getting it," he continued, wiping his mouth on his sleeve and hiccuping mildly. "It looks like it's time to UP the ANTE!"
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pluck me from the charred grate
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194421
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It’s late July, and I’ve just been given the assignment to cover Paganfoil’s ‘Warbird’ tour. To tell you the truth, I really loathe this assignment. I never, ever, EVER cared for hard rock or heavy metal or whatever they’re calling it this dec
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194463
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Oh, also, had no idea what the whole visit to the Kingdom of the Dead was getting at. Interesting, but seems unrelated to the larger story. I'd cut it. Remember — this is a story about one man's attempt to get home. Stay focused on that.
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194434
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I’m going to stop there, before the darkness sets in.
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1944114
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Everything is illuminated. If anyone is watching, we look happy.
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19442618
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Rothko explored horizons,/
blurring figure and ground/
by omitting the figure.
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1943123
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I read the ending to her and it was clear to her--clear as it could only be to a woman, to a woman you're in love with--that I had been describing her.
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194351
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unbury yourself from the silt and give me some seal love.
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194354
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I would be reduced to begging on the streets and hoping for a sign of her in soup lines.
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194398
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My wife stood in the doorway and talked to the back of my head. “You really should talk to somebody about this,” she said.
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19431616
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There's a mirror in front of me and I thought it was so I could see myself, but I didn't want to see me.
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194321
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flash read. have fun *cheers*
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194300
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No matter the guidance and support she received from her parents, her psychiatrist, and her friend; no matter how hard they tried to remind her of her humanity, Azure believes this chimera form is her true body now.
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194396
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The phone owner pre-writes his or her dying words! The app stores them and releases them at the moment of his death!
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