To be is to be one
of the many soldiers
of fortune.
look out your window
at the budding trees
and the neighbors that continue to add rings to their trunks,
and the homes that have planted firm, dense roots in their foundations.
Listen, kid: I’ve got a list of names as long as the Nile to get through and they sure as hell ain’t paying me overtime.
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If I feign weakness, we can feel special together. He will feel like a man. I’ll wait to laugh until he leaves.
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Moses
is in the rushes,
stillborn.
I was always such a picky eater as a child, the mere thought of trying new foods would make me so nervous and scared that I would cry sometimes.
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No, this ain’t ma and pa’s field. Not really a field at all.
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As soon as Harriet entered the building, she headed to the seventh floor. When she reached a spot halfway up the fourth-floor stairs, the explosion—a flash of red light followed by a blast of burning-hot air—threw her body against the wall.
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