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When he takes a bill from the hands of strangers, Billy always pulls it to his chest as though he was the supplicant and the money was not really money, but the grace of God.
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The rickshaw is a monument to Ma, who waves at gawkers, a beauty queen on a float of faded flowers.
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It is absurd to think that a cockroach will wake up one day as a human. And it is certainly surreal to imagine that a fat pigeon in Paris, New York or Rome, say, or even Prague, will one day take up a pen and begin writing poetry, or wave the wand of phil
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Why would he say that? Who are you asking? I couldn't believe it, I mean I knew he was working up to something and he hadn't been happy over at Jay's for a while but I thought that was about his dad and the anniversary thing. I didn't expect this. This was the last…
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The guide moved along to the next piece of art but I couldn’t seem to pull my eyes from David’s form. He sparked something within me, his sculpted details made me smile in guilty pleasure and I wasn’t ready to leave him yet.
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- You gonna throw that? - Throw what? - Oh come on, that fucking rock right next to you. - Maybe. - You promised you wouldn't. - When the hell did I say that? - Yesterday. You remember our conversation from yesterday, right? You promised you…
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Momma takes us to the candle store next door where everything smells sweet
as she opens, closes glass lids, lets us lean our faces close, smell pumpkin, lavender,
trees...
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"Who's that?" Carl asked about the man standing near the fence.
"Says his name is Marty Lopez," Jake replied.
"For real?" Carl moved to one side for a better look.
"I know. He doesn't look like a Lopez," Jake said.
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And in the dark caves a new secret, hidden from flyby probes and the imagination of men. In these new caves, names for the loved ones, Bradbury, Clarke, Rover
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I married a penguin. Her waddle made for a scenic view.
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I married a penguin. Her waddle made for a scenic view.
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You came down from the highway, that much I can guess, the man says. But are you coming from or going to?
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He died in the bathroom, like Elvis.
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The swami said his dance card was filled when I propositioned him at the party. Artists have such interesting friends. Maybe it's the grit under their fingernails or the turpentine smell on their breath, or maybe, it's the idea that because they are artists their…
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I can taste the slight bitterness of the herbs used to season the steak, I can taste the toast flaking on my lips and onto my shirt. I can taste the cold beer that washes it all down. I can taste the air, clean, and the water, clean. I remember steak.
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