1019 0 0
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Loving himself. Loved by no one. Loving no one.
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1336 15 3
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He stopped the shower and recounted his life, now Kin-less and plain.
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1081 5 3
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“I miss you,” I say. I don’t mean to; the words just tumble off my tongue, like pearls slipping off a broken necklace then spilling across the floor, a few caroming underneath the furniture.
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962 0 0
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O’Toole signaled again with two fingers. The night was young. Suddenly I had to go home to my lovely Penny. All I knew was I didn’t want to end up drinking at a hole like this with my head down on the bar.
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94 12 4
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Only now, I realize it wasn’t wise to date multiple women simultaneously.
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169 6 1
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our lips touch dainty teacupsas fragile and breakable asthe air around usas our conversationsipping sweet, wild orange teamy favorite:you always were and still are.my piano melodieslet's hum gently alongbackground music for my mindanother constantlike my pulse and the…
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1054 2 1
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But Von Rotten was up in Penny’s room right this minute, either banging her or haranguing her, or worse, both. I envisioned him with her, and my guts began twisting and turning, and my insides fell into my shoes. What had I done? She was being held capt
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63 4 0
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Silent laugh
at the thought
of a pineapple breakfast
one person understands.
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989 1 0
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Creamcheese straightened out that spectacular yellow dress, tucking a fully exposed nipple back in under the material. She pulled down the hem of the dress, then strolled right into the Savoy like a wooden duck being pulled on a string, and headed straigh
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1315 5 4
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Are you asleep? He says.
Wake up.
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1027 2 0
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I only knew that my heart was not in my life as I was presently living it. I needed the breasts of my Helen in my mouth forever, or I was going to die. Die! Ah, the life of a poet! I couldn’t go on living like this. Why should I go on living like this?
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1064 1 1
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Steve Bancroft’s future wife showed up at his door that same night, slamming her hand loudly against the door and shouting for him. “Steve, Steve, wake up. Damn it, come on. You forgot to pick me up at the airport. Who are you in there with? I said wa
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1386 6 2
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Her fingers scampered over the table, practicing the deft stitching of the basilar artery.
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892 0 0
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There was all this pomp and circumstance. We were each outfitted with robes, red of course, and mortar-boards with a gold tassel dangling over one eye. It made me positively dizzy. Plus I was extremely hung-over that day.
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1071 5 0
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So back to Berkeley we went, and started our own commune in a huge rented house on Derby Street where we could tear the fences down in all the neighborhood backyards. We created what we called “The Meadow.”
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