1672 0 0 
      
			 
			
			
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				Allen would stroll the remains of the orchard, reminiscing with Tad, flirting with dementia. 
					
				 
				
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304 3 3 
      
			 
			
			
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				Here and there, paper boats smeared with ketchup drift against a tide of brochures: PETA, Planned Parenthood, Greenpeace, while we rage: a joyful storm surge threatening the levy of bouncers. 
					
				 
				
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1463 1 1 
      
			 
			
			
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				Barbie wore only her clear pink heels... 
					
				 
				
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158 31 25 
      
			 
			
			
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				My neighbors are building another snowdick.  “You guys got this down,” I say.  “The veining, and all- It’s very impressive.  I hope you’re documenting, of course?” 
					
				 
				
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341 10 11 
      
			 
			
			
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				'You be Batman, I'll be the Batmobile - skid me round tight corners, drive me up the wall.' 
					
				 
				
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1456 10 6 
      
			 
			
			
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				Her smile dazzled me from across the room. 
					
				 
				
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41 3 2 
      
			 
			
			
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				Oxygen catches in her throat, but anyway, she breathes. 
					
				 
				
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				The other night at work, some kid was in for swallowing a snail's shell. He was nine and, according to the computer, did not have cognitive insufficiency. That last bit was probably put there to make us all not feel guilty about laughing at him. 
					
				 
				
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1634 0 0 
      
			 
			
			
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				Physicists say that a tremendous amount of energy has to be generated in order to rip through space-time, to jump to another place, and at this time, we're incapable of doing it. I have to disagree. They've never met my brain. I fear it's going to kill me 
					
				 
				
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123 20 8 
      
			 
			
			
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				Lingering fragrance of skunk and spunk while coffee percolates. 
					
				 
				
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42 1 0 
      
			 
			
			
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				I'm driving to a job interview at Mount Vernon. Yes, that's right -- working in the gift shop. 
					
				 
				
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1 0 0 
      
			 
			
			
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				“Were you in the process of self-pleasure?” 
					
				 
				
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1228 2 0 
      
			 
			
			
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				The perfect murder, and it’s not even murder. 
					
				 
				
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1358 5 5 
      
			 
			
			
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				"Your loss," she cackled, stumbled to the bed in the corner, hummed a tuneless song, and began snoring, too. 
					
				 
				
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				I’m sure they remember everything, the others who were there. That day will ride with them like a dark and unwanted passenger. 
					
				 
				
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