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The Cold Bank Ravens

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In punch drunk waiting rooms... On election routes

Eulogy

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In one hand she cradles a cigarette, in the other a glass of red wine. Typically neither of these things would be allowed in here, and on this occasion it was thought that it would be better to let her do what she wanted.

profanity

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@#$!

Txt msging

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Forty years later he was still her Romeo, she his Juliet.

A Broken Ankle, Canasta, and a Weirdly Sexy Jesus Sighting

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nothing can stop a group of genteel Southern women from a card game, and divine intervention makes one's participation in such an event quite worthwhile

A Scriptwriter's Story

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He paid the price for being a dick when he tried to write. The Muse did not care for violent behavior.

November 6th

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Need not remember, the 6th of November.

The We

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You gotta see this new drugdelivered thru a procedurally exacting pill Sugar coated yetcompletely foul tastingDrought drowning and will make you blowfish-cheekedIt creates coincidences with bafflement and symmetry Meaningfully uncertain…

Arcana Magi Fifth World - Part 2

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Miranda hugged Madam Mayweather as the girls, except Akane, gathered around them.

The Tree

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No fuckin' way, Maude. Excuse me, but you know I can't stand that bag of wind. No way.

5 Star Ratings.

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But THIS is what happens when you collect genuine reviews. I began with a list of 50 of the greatest books of all time, according to the compiler of the list, and then went to a list of some of the worst best sellers in recent history, [scroll down] and t

A Rich Future

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Also in development,/ the anatomically perfect robot/ pool boy and naughty maid,

Beelzebub

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The jewels were dragonflies, buzzing lazily, Beelzebub’s hair a golden meadow.

The Phone Call and The Green Murk Crisis

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hangs inverted and begins a swirling motion,

Spring in November

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It is dead, for a time. Sometimes we are all dead for a time. Our lives leave off, sleep under the weight of snow.

| To Sew the Night Together, At Last | (A hybrid essay)

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____________________________________I get an internet connection and send this poem out in haste: Drugs, New Orleans…

This Isn't a Title, But I'm Fingering Your Mother, While You're Sitting at the Computer, Reading This.

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[ETIQUETTE ... DECORUM ... BOUNDARIES ... BAH!]

Too many leaves

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This late November day there are too many leaves filling the yard.

Making Waves in Sculptural Math

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It was a summer full of rage and discontent. The air had a new taste to it, reminiscent of the tang of battery acid.

Darkness

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DARKNESS …

Helene

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My little friend is no bigger than a minute. An even five feet tall, if that.

Poem on the Table

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Its intelligence won’t be/ diminished when you take/ a bone saw to its cranium

To an Overly Helpful Husband of Advanced Age

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in which a man who is bored with years of retirement poses a threat to himself and others

On a Sunday

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It is always midnight in my heart; / and melancholy advances from handsome men / only take place in my mind...

K Model

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Plans were all set. We were leaving this town. We'd been creeping around long enough and Marla wanted nothing more than to get out and away from the shallow, old bastard she married. “Fuck his mansion and fuck his country club”, she said. We both agreed that he…

A Summoning

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why not just go ahead and walk into the mirror à la Jean Marais following Heurtibise into the underworld.

In an Unfamiliar Restaurant.

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I find myself in an unfamiliar restaurant, its cuisine an uncomfortable pastiche of Croatian, Burmese, Jamaican and leftovers of long ago Sunday dinners in a small New England town.

Moving Up

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Sometimes I had the time right, and sometimes the place; that day, they came together.

the struggle ever renew'd

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At the first door the clumsy research assistant from the Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology rings the bell and when the door opens Mr. Whitman says " O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring!" instead of "Trick or treat" just as we'd prac

A Skeptic’s Faith

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Sunrise steals