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We were destined by chemistry and plastic figurines to give it a go.
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The boys drank in one room. The girls in another. Always the same, no matter the letters.
Greek Letters.
Shabby sofa on the burnt-out lawn.
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There were one hundred titles on the list. One hundred books that could neither be assigned nor put on a recommended reading list.
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Could sampans fall upward, sailing from the bottom of the Earth? If so, which way would their sails bend—up, or down? And would the strange China Sea follow suit? Would salt water geysers spurt from the hole we dug, flooding the streets of Seattle?
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Pa grasps my fingers, odd because he's never held my hand and he's dead ten years anyway.
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K is eating a banana. He says to me, "There is no end in the sense that God is dead, or history is dead. I would prefer not to play the role of a thoroughly useless prophet. I leave that to others, like Gene McCarthy."
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My brother was the catcher, and we were having sex. I was waiting to be scared. In our act, he would swing upside down from the bar, hanging by his knees, his arms extended, and I would fly into his chalky grip.
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The blue bird tapped at my window and pecked my crumbs. I talked to him as to a small person about the things of life, of flowers, of trees and the sky. Even at times pretending he was erudite, I questioned him about evolution and extinction. He looked at me as if he…
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Its intelligence won’t be/
diminished when you take/
a bone saw to its cranium
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“What does the future hold?”
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Mother still calls pomegranates “Chinese apples,” much to my embarrassment.
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"A little knowledge truly is a dangerous thing."
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That was one option. Another was to assemble all the resident grunts...on one side of the island, jump up and down in unison, flip it over, and see if life on the bottom was any better.
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I'd laugh, cry, splutter with confusion or outrage. I'd probably say “Duh” a lot, grow pale, flush, and wink at the viewers. I'd furrow my eyebrows, raise one or both, and my eyes would narrow, widen,…
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There's a mirror in front of me and I thought it was so I could see myself, but I didn't want to see me.
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Over the years, his face
began to alter
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Down cellar, my father showed me where he kept his beer stash. It was in a cubbyhole under the bulkhead, where Mom never thought to look.
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I am abandoned to the mundane/
calculations of a small mind/
trapped by small considerations
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You should be calling 911
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fire rolls through
the drive-thru
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Cavett asked McCarthy what she thought was overrated about Hellman. McCarthy–never known to mince words–replied “Every word she writes is a lie, including ‘and’ and ‘the.'"
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At some point, my lottery number/
was in the mid 300s. I was safe/
for whatever reason. No need/
to burn my draft card.
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He was a liability. I knew I had to ditch him.
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44 miles out
the gauntlet of Red River pines
cast shadows pointing north.
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i was jus countin' your heartbeats, Emmie
and you know what?
i think they's the same as mine!
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Being a grandparent is most joyous when deliberately subversive.
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