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Dusty Winnemucca Road

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respect your parents. or not. stay put. or not. finish school. or not. get married. or not. stay married. or not.

The Tattered

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The snake-like veins began to pulsate angrily, and viciously about his body. Quickly he rose up about the girl. His heart was now pounding rapidly against his chest. Outstretched, were his wings, the width of the balcony, white and decrepit and old, yet s

Purple Lady, Lavender Afternoon

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—Pretty tulips, said the woman.

Snatch (XIV)

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She's in charge.

Day 1 of Composing the Second Novel

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Six Theories of Gorilla

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1. BLAME THE PARENTS This seems to be the most popular position on social platforms. Mom and Dad should have been watching this kid more closely. Period. Because how could any good parent fail to notice their own child climbing over a…

Our Previous Lives - song

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When I arrived in heaven Calling out your name Running just on vapor Leaving my old flames I thought I saw you singing Dripping from all sides Crying like a rainbow Reliving our old lives

Brothers

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The young boy woke to the sound of laughter. He blinked himself out of deep sleep and allowed…

Lives and their rivers

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The pristine Hudson's/waters dance in the dark of/the East River's rinse.

Just Beyond

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hey, this is me who danced to the Doors I thought I would surely dodge that bullet

This Rubbery, Unsure Thing

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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.

A Clue Found Aboard a Zen Mind's Floating Iceberg

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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 …

Wind Drinks Time Like Wine

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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

Anniversary Waltz

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He hiked the hills of her condition She biked the path of his delight

Edward Ogle the Fifth

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Roaming beetles knitting needles chopstick counter attack.

Double Sonnet I

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We love our other animals

Meaning

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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.

a song for the sun

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what lion lies/ o king of flame/ upon your golden crown?

Nope - song

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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

The Same

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The bus is late; the papers disappear. The china breaks, and the suit does not fit.

The lightbulb explodes

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PHILANDERING

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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.

Your Move, Blattarian!

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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.

Wishing for the Shadow of a Perfect Cube

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Words darken with smut and irony over time.

Arcana Magi Zero Arc 2 - c.5

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Alysia saw her reflection in Suzaku’s eyes. There was an empty face looking back.

Frankenstein's Monster Eats the Brains of Virgins at the Witches' Chainsaw Orgy Massacre

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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…

Riddle 44 from the Exeter Book: The Key

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Curiously made thing

The Blonde With a Sweet Pair

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Long, elegant, with a touch of arch,

Ben Clarone: Prologue Part 3

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The urban-abused Chevy looked older than its seven years.

Desire

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The young monk rose early to jog, his appetites trailing like cats in heat.