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As much as he missed Martin he knew that their time together had passed, even though neither of them wanted it to.
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It was a lousy night to be lost.
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After the shooting, they sent the boy away. He returned taller and heavier, a sulkier version of his earlier self.
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"... you shake your head and look down as if I am a mongrel dog who has pissed the Tabriz..."
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The fruit of thy womb, the shrapnel embedded in her belly, the damage done, the Lord have mercy. Seagulls throw themselves against the North wind, again and again, a perpetual motion of disappointment.
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Alone on the platform, I waited for a train.
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Wine nourishes, subdues memories, keeps eyes dry, and head heavy. We are up to our third bottle. Your head is on my lap. Gray hair uncombed, you feign sleep. My left arm draped nonchalantly over the curvy edge of the chaise lounge, gold velvet with wine…
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My job was take the falls, act the dope, finish at the wrong end of the slap stick for the blow off. I was Auguste, the fool; I drove the clown car.
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Just wanted to watch the cicada version of game shows, really. Maybe some Murder She Wrote. Wanted to drowse off.
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the world crumbles to nothing
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sooner or later you realize
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It’s not the money. The money’s/
just a way of keeping score.
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I am long of tooth, too, and when I go, maybe a box with my ashes inside will join the boxes containing the cats’ remains.
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"Life's Little Instruction Book." There are some words of wisdom here that I plan to ignore.
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The day you came home, after three extended tours in Afghanistan, I wanted to welcome you at the bus station, but I was afraid you'd attach yourself to me again.
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I continue to compete nonetheless
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I am moving to the desert.
To live among the cactus.
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People do want to be kind. It's just that sometimes they need a little push (or, in a few cases, a big fat shove) in the right direction.
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Where we are going, we are hot meat and cha cha.
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It was war without beginning or end.
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We were old. Wind came in with small threats and played games with drapes. A print of orchids and some other green affair that looked to me like kiwis. Sadie was arranging some items on a desk and I noticed there was a cricket on the window. I was thinking…
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Their nouns are few and stark./
Ours are numerous and dappled/
or subtly shaded and shadowed/
by circumstance and possibility.
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every Van Morrison's brown eyed girl Winona Ryder.
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******WARNING: Long-ass story****** Click at your own risk.
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