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Every Thursday, around 11 am, right after the cemetery where I work receives the daily shipment of cremated remains to be interred, a frail nonagenarian steps out of the driver's seat of his Lincoln Continental and walks, unassisted, up a flight of twenty granite steps,…
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Often I eat lunch at the hospital. The cafeteria may be the best place to eat in town.
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Marv felt a stirring. Warmth in his gut. "Maybe we should get together," Marv said.
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The surface temperature of the sun is 9,800 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Nostradamus died of gout on a Friday evening. He would be the first person in history to die of complications relating to gout. Spiked rods of crystallized uric acid pushed their way through his synovial fluid just as he composed a quatrain about the end
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It’s important we be good citizens and follow the law.
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These are the days you wish would never end.
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The first husband was young and lovely. He had a little nose and long fingers he used for things like planting begonias in my clay pot. I did not do flowers. So that was nice.
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He woke up that morning thinking that life was a tragedy, and now it seemed like a comedy. People were an endless source of amusement.
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Next morning they woke to the sound of troops moving above them. German voices came through the window. Mama raised her hand to her mouth for them to be silent.
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The last time I jumped off a building I bounced. Sixteen stories. People ask, why. I say, I knew I’d bounce.
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No jobs except drinking...
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She lifts her head, nose heavenward. There’s a wet spot on my dress from our lovemaking, its aroma as heady as Claudine’s bouillabaisse. I hope she smells it.
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I’m casing the place; my boyfriend Jimmy is about to bust in and rob the store.
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It's as if there are little men inside her head, wielding hammers.
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