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Sometimes he would get up at night, go outside, and stand in the middle of their back yard.
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The artist chuckles as he tells me about the skinny man stepping into his boxer shorts. The whimsical figure, crafted in clay, then cast in bronze, is a masterpiece. It makes me laugh, I say, and Mr. H. is pleased.
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Of course then I did it all over again. Got married, that is. Fortunately, this one worked out.
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The air is dry and smoky from a fire some miles away. The air is cool. A pair of vultures is soaring in a circle high above the rising land.
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After the funeral there was a luncheon in the church basement.
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I've got an appointment to see my shrink next Wednesday. She's pretty sharp. Not bad looking, either.
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What did it mean? What would a psychologist say? Oh, who cares. In my opinion, we ask why, what, when, where, and how too often.
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My little friend is no bigger than a minute. An even five feet tall, if that.
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Forty years later he was still her Romeo, she his Juliet.
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The girl loved the car for all the reasons her mother didn’t.
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I can’t decide whether I want to be buried or cremated when I die.
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--My first wife is now dead. My second wife is pretty. She has a twisted foot. I have bought her a white dress.
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Adele was beautiful and Frank plain, but she let him make love to her anyway. However, the next morning, Frank saw, to his disgust, that her fine red-blond hair also tapered to a long downy beard.
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One night he woke up with Underdog laying next to him, breathing softly. He marveled at how fiction could make reality so much better.
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“Sneakers”, she hissed. “You wear sneakers to my best friend’s funeral?”
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