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***
Last
time I climbed from the bed to look --
two
minutes ago -- my wallet was still there,
my
watch, my car keys, my anxiety ..
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I
have walked on water
to
save a calf
separated
from its mother, risking
my
life on thin ice
while
snow-angels sang
frozen
h..
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***
You
are my nemesis.
My
rake won’t reach you.
I
am but an ancient cellular
collection
of carbon
that
once had n..
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***
Shorty
would have run me over
right
there outside Marty’s
on
Fourth Street had I not been
just
a bit quicker than..
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***
Just
as the door opened,
I
heard someone yell --
just
kidding -- it was really
a
blood-curdling scream.
The
..
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***
The
Sasquatch
from
the patch patch
out
in the deep deep
of
the dark dark
rode
a tractor, a beginner
as
an ..
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***
I
like ice cream.
Orchids
like ice cubes.
I
prefer Butter Pecan.
Orchids
don’t care
what
I like.
They&rsquo..
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***
She
has this thing for Indian baskets,
must
have 40 or more scattered around
the
house. Probably because she’s one-eig..
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***
Sitting
in high-backed leather
and
sipping whiskey
the
fire-starter reflects the flames;
the
window, peering in,
is
a dimmed..
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***
I’m trying to learn to fly.
My
muscles
are
spongy. It’s getting hard
to
turn over in bed, push
myself
u..
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