A Yearning
A Yearning All the rooms in her head made me jealous and sad. “It’s me or them,” I said. “You’ve got to choose.” We got married instead, made up our own vows. I promised to stop saying “I love you”…
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A Yearning All the rooms in her head made me jealous and sad. “It’s me or them,” I said. “You’ve got to choose.” We got married instead, made up our own vows. I promised to stop saying “I love you”…
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Clairvoyant Before I am Jim I am some kind of criminal, Nancy says, dropping down into her trance. I’m supposed to take notes. A man is flying to Vegas and out of the blue his head is thrust back against…
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The Dirty Work Dad dug a hole behind the barn, loaded his 12 gauge with shells to shoot a half a dozen cats. If I understood correctly, they had overrun the farm. Jesus didn’t die on the cross for every…
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My Husband, the Mobster I’m dressed up like a slut, four inch high heels, high cut gown to hide my hairy chest. A Marilyn mole on my cheek. I take a hit of Acapulco gold, and gaze in the glass…
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A Sparrow In the House I’m dozing in front of the tube. Then you arrive, like an omen, like a spook, swooping from room to room, landing in my potted tree — in leaves you recognize and try to hide…
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