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The increasingly furrowed lines on his forehead made her stomach clench.
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130158
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It's one of the few times their dad speaks about their mother as if they were once a real, live, couple.
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116896
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he knows that his wife knows. she can smell the adverbs on his tongue in the mornings. but he cannot get through another evening in that house without consonants.
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6120
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He wanted to say the waves were colossal, but part of him didn’t want to scare them. He liked them being brave. He liked them being fearless.
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90100
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I woke up around 6 pm today. As always, mum would wake me up. I have this special bond with my bed and parting with her during my most vulnerable is anathema to my nature. Thrice mum would pull my feet and thrice I would groan hoping she would go…
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She sat Indian style against the strawberry tree. In her hand she held a little mirror and a note that her father left her that morning.
What a night, eh? See you in the morning.
That’s what it said.
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The boy giggled, splashing his father and howling at the cold.
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The dog is there, on sorry legs, with sorry claws. He looks toward the man, the bat, and says, You know me, Man. I know you know me.
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103932
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I’m glad they put the wall up. When it gets a little humid around here, I can smell those damn people.
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7964
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My father is dying but he cannot stop smoking.
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300
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What I want to know is where you proposed to that woman who will be your wife. Was it Shackleton’s hut? Was it where we heard the Weddell seals? Was it the McMurdo greenhouse where you keep the tomatoes and flowers?
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What I want to know is where you proposed to that woman who will be your wife. Was it Shackleton's hut? Was it where we heard the Weddell seals? Was it the McMurdo greenhouse where you keep the tomatoes and flowers? You jammed me into the basil and came a
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811813
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"It was easier when I didn't know where she was."
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132000
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The wind rushed by her and she heard the faint sound of barking. And then she knew why she was coming. And she ran.
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To be one with she who gave birth to put everything in my mouth her breast the dirt grass my finger blanket soft.
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