1248 5 4
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hey, this is me who danced to the Doors
I thought I would surely dodge that bullet
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1266 7 5
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The sea is transparent rubber, and peering down into it I recognize the shiny fish in suspended animation, their partially exploded bodies obscured by their own blood.
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1504 8 7
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I do so want to bring you into the sacred linguistically eternal loop of all ordinary things on earth, but it can so easily turn into a very sudden unsparing trapdoor, or a hissing angry knot tying up itself into even more tricky sorts …
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1701 18 9
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but let's stop and take another look at things
could it be through our closed eyes
that we didn't really know what we were talking about
that there never was a surprise
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1386 15 12
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He hiked the hills of her condition
She biked the path of his delight
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999 3 2
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Roaming beetles
knitting needles
chopstick counter attack.
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1131 8 5
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We love our other animals
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1284 6 4
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His face was creased with sadness the first time in the room and he danced his tai chi like a young man half his age, and laughed, like headtrippers do, from the neck up.
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1198 5 4
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what lion lies/ o king of flame/ upon your golden crown?
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1237 5 3
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The tax man he is coming
But I got me no dough
Been looking for some new job
That’s going really slow
I bought a lottery ticket
But dropped it down the well
I went to see the psychic
She said I’d go to hell
Can’t cope, I just can’t cope
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1417 12 9
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The bus is late; the papers disappear.
The china breaks, and the suit does not fit.
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237 7 6
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2398 5 2
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He had been the innocent stooge for a young girl's selfish dreams. He vowed to be more careful. He would rather be lonely, if need be, than compromise himself with girls like that.
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1461 7 6
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Scavenge at that address only if you feel possessed of great courage, a profound faith in resurrection or reincarnation, or an impatient desire for a premature date with certain death.
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1257 17 9
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Words darken with smut and irony over time.
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854 1 0
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Alysia saw her reflection in Suzaku’s eyes. There was an empty face looking back.
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1095 5 2
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If Heaven holds forth its own Infinity, What of selves, of ours, could we stand to see? Cradled with harsh fangs of Memory, Deep forgetfulness, give rather me- Let bright dreams be our self's divinity: Forever holds, in morrow's hours, such little…
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1522 1 2
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1415 7 5
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Long, elegant, with a touch of arch,
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961 2 2
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The urban-abused Chevy looked older than its seven years.
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1078 3 2
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The young monk rose early to jog,
his appetites trailing like
cats in heat.
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912 3 2
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You can ask so many questions
Of what’s it all about
You can empty out the closets
And roll the mothballs out
But no one has the answers
It’s all a mystery
There’s a bigger picture
But it’s really hard to see
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1274 3 4
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Sunday, Nolan and I drop by the ice rink on 10th and Alma to watch the amateur hockey leagues battle it out in an unspoken yet assumed class war: the buff, unemployed rink bums who can grind ice, cross-check, and stick handle like the pros, versus the dou
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199 8 5
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1371 9 6
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Everyone loves a story of love
unrequited.
But what about the stories
of the unrequited lovee?
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1576 14 11
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1719 14 11
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I'm sure someone somewhere must havefelt something like it before. Imean I've never been able tohave this kind of deep longing asif you might want to forget everythingyou know. I always figured that funny stuff onlyhappened to folks in a foreignfilm. Not to some guy…
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1102 4 4
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Charted stars by the dozens /
with a side of frizzle onions /
dawn showers us with glitter.
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1371 21 11
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Guys on safari wearing safari jackets shoot things all day, things with funny names …
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1598 15 12
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Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder.
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