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Will he do it with a gun? If it’s a gun, will it be a short one, shaved so he can hold it against his head. Will it look like the photograph he showed me, black and brown. I told him he couldn’t possibly buy something like that from a Walmart.
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he considers the swirl of galaxies/
with their black hole hearts,
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The second time I watched him, I helped him carry her to the woods. [100 words].
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I am fair game that will be hunted and eaten, cutting its edge with Satan's tears from six eyes.
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Bury my wounded ego Mr Sitting Bull.Keep me from committing suicide Ernest Hemingway.Take me for a ride above the clouds Christopher Reeve.Fly me to the moon Frank Sinatra.Invite me out to dinner Marlon Brando.Give me immunity from Hollywood John Cassavetes.Keep me from…
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I break your flesh
and make music
on the harp of your bones.
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a boy with a gun, a skateboard, and spray-paint
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That night, when Nostalgia knocked on my door just before dawn, I had just enough time to catch her coat as she slipped it off and staggered into my apartment.
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We used to smile when we saw the other smile.
We used to laugh just at the sound of our laughter.
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Forgive the earth that’s
got a hold on you.
Forgive the trees.
Forgive yourself,
you were
damaged goods.
Therefore,
quit looking for the
expected.
Look instead
at the unknown
as a fact.
Describe it.
Use great detail.
And
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“After your death is confirmed,” I assured him, “a hardcover first edition of your books, will sell for millions at auction in New York.
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The wind is wet today I can't tell you where sky meets sea only that it matters I can't explain why. I've triedCan't see the horizonbut I know that we have drawn itfingers tracing far pastthe edge of blind infinitywhere we sang stars to sleepand pinned our…
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Elaine Aster paced her office trailing a cloud of smoke of cigarette smoke.
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a girl with wolves, dogs and a bear
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Villon, get the hell outta here!
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To stop the world from explodingLike Krypton. It has to be.Like purple flowers we're there on Burnt battlefields. It raises its flag, Too, and continues the march towardThe dreaming sun in spite ofAll the smoke and ash thisWorld has to offer. Our…
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The catchy tune and cloying lyrics/
nonetheless etch their patterns
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PhD's in remorse. Babes without eyes. Presbyterian church-goers baked in their pies. Miss prim-and-propers stranded on meadows. Men rescuing cats then queuing for medals. I did not write this, I swear I did not write this. Saurian…
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Describe my origami, the shape of a gun or a limp dick, or maybe a flower.
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For decades the land the village sat on had switched its allegiance between two countries.
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It was time to go sit outside in the sunlight with the gang of trust-funders, just to see what was new in the world of high finance and falling stock prices. “So, what's happening with the economy in China?” I asked. And they just stared at me as if I had
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"We're practicing," she signs, "for an earthquake."
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"You gonna be old before you're old," my father had told her.
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—Michiko, are you allergic to cats?
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Emi paced back and forth, fixing her jacket out of nervousness. The cool breeze crawled around her skin and she shivered.
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The instructor moved over to the whiteboard and wrote in big block letters “FOOTBALL” and then crossed it out. “You should just never treat your newborn like a football. That means no passing it or punting it.
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Extrapolate, interpolate/
to add imaginary flesh//
to fragmentary bones.
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