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News at Six
When they started inching their way forward,
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that row of men in deep blue, riot shields ready,
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b
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May 23, 2022
The Administrative Assistant
Julia, at her desk and on her telephone,
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trapped in amber, an eye-open slumber.
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The president sh
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Dec 9, 2021
The Latte as Accessory
Champagne slacks, barn brown plaid patterned down
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a watch that tells the time, the temperature (su
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Sep 7, 2021
Corsican Blackcurrant
The morning, good; the morning, relentless—she tip-toes
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out the front door in her ex-husband's bro
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Aug 31, 2020
Nag Champa
I've been watching the ants.
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It's August and I sleep in the afternoons.
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I'm single. I haven't sh
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Aug 6, 2020
Afterward from Our Sponsors
You just sit there, right there, and watch.
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I'll collect the debris, out of sight, out of
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Mind y
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Jan 28, 2020
Summoner in Sweat Pants
I said what I needed to say.
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Say it backwards,
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breathe it undone
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before the red of the taillig
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Jan 14, 2020
Life as a Luxury Car Commercial
On our way home
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rain along passenger windowpane
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after party still stirring me, blurring me
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our
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Sep 3, 2019
A Saturday in October
Karin, in my t-shirt, standing
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eternal in the doorframe,
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saddle-stitching the smell
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of juniper
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Aug 16, 2019
Dead Dog Two
You pose him, your child, with the dog, the puppy,
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the one your wife insisted you buy for him, you
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Aug 6, 2019
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