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In Knucklebones, This Is What We Keep

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Outreach the ostrich

gravelortian part 6

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Tears and tears and tears flowed

Cutty Sark

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A sense of plenty courses through

Today's Going fast

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screw everything, youth is plinko

Dave's Note

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Dave Sharpe silently pulled his desk chair out of its nook that was conveniently placed underneath his desk. He took a deep breath as he slowly took his place in the seat and nudged it into a perfect…

Omen

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The bird sat there some time. Several minutes. My wife and I grabbed out i-Pads and took pictures.

This is the Wild Place I was Telling You About

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I want youto remember me. This the placewhere I'll always be, if you're looking hard enough.This is the place I've letgo of all expectations, no regrets, and nomasks. This the place my heartbobbs about like a…

The Birds

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It had been over three months since he’d left his home and started to walk. He’d kept a journal to begin with, but his book soon ran out of batteries. It was that sort of thing that had irked Neil at the start, but now he’d just let it slide down his back

For My Sons, a Poem

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In time, I will forgethow he said "smooshie" for "smoothie"and "eyebrowns" for "eyebrows,"how his upper lip dimpled when he laughedin that uproarious, wild toddler way.How he wheedled to be wrapped and rocked,after a bath, even at age five,his long calves uncovered by…

sunburn

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I used to compare her to a sunburnthe first of the summerit is always the worst oneexposed skinalmost hot to the touchturning warm and pinkthen raw and redit is a transition that is effortlessbut still you can feel it happeninga lot like loveyou can feel it all around…

The House of Cézanne

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Is there anything more emphatic than an ovary?

Pink

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Together / they peeled and fed each other pink fruit, / ordered expensive pink beef, went on / vacations and viewed pink sunsets / on paradise beaches.

Five Million Yen: Chapter 70

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Ben left the airport and headed toward downtown Nice, his stomach was in a knot.

I Want a Lover, Not a Saint

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Her tits were perfect But came with a white picket fence Around them

Man Writing Story With Ears Plugged About Painter Who Only Hears in Color; Black Ink, 2002

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Ready, here we go.

Three Second Rule

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“Can I feel it?” he reached his hands out immediately, expecting I’d say yes. I am the type to always say yes, right? “Sure.” I confirmed, swallowing back my fear of his touch. He didn’t seem himself, like this. I led his hands to my hips and let them

The Band Name Is The Concert

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We now bring to the stage ....

gravelortian part 5

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papa wants to dance - the future is so bright - feel good all the time baby

The Broken Ones

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So there is a party, yes, and I am invited.

Damaged Goods

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As she slunk to her topless Mercedes sparkling curbside, wax job hand rubbed in Hamburg, testosterone heads turned wishing similar treatment.

Standing Ovation

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All of the reviews are the same, one star reviews with five star ravings. What the fuck do these pigs want from me, if not my art? Pearls before swine would be an…

LA Blues

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smells prettier

Stealth

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A boy stalks three deer across an open field.

The Civil War Between Mother and Son

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It was a sad sort of fun to beat your mother’s people and all they stood for, wrongly.

Mocking Bird

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There were always mocking birds around my house.

The Threshold of Unfinished Business

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Uh oh, the dry cleaning ticket

Wipe That Smile

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One thing about eating shit:

Insurgencies

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The end will film itself/ in charred, eviscerated bodies

gravelortian part 4

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rinse plate cup glass spoon bowl soapy water

Forbidden Fruit

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After my vasectomy, I got a T-shirt with a picture of an orange on it. It said "All Juice, No Seeds."