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Their limbs were healthy, in the glowing sun. They crowded on the beach one waved at the boat anchored far from shore. The sailor heaved off the oars back into the rowboat, and inhaled the fresh salt-air his aching limbs heavy. It was always fresh. Always salt. But a faint whiff of something else [ ]
I got us shots! Clara brought the silver tray of cloudy shot glasses to the formica table. She slid into the booth next to a girl staring meekly at the table and across from a stone-faced girl, with braids bound tight in a bun. In doing, Clara bumped her head on the sharp-edged stained-glass light. [ ]
Yeah, excuse me, can we get some fresh fruit ova here? Gotta have fresh fruit every morning, dad said Naw, no berries, no melons, none of that shit. You got any oranges? Well what s Mr. suspenders peeling behind the bar? Yeah, bet you can scrounge us up an orange, would you? P s and t s. Boy [ ]
My consistently numb slumber was rudely pierced by the soft, beeping cry for help. I lurched off of the couch. Flour bags torn to shreds. They littered the normally immaculate kitchen island. Utensils drawers and cabinets left both open and empty. White clouds of flour filled my mouth, my eyes upturned bowls and pots, to [ ]
“First off, thanks to God or Jesus you know what, throw one up for the Holy Spirit too, bro never gets the hearts. For blinding my eyes with the sun every damn morning. Parents, for the sleepless genes, and the gift of never teaching me self-reliance. Big ups to the newlyweds, Mr. and [ ]
The cough behind me squeezed me forward. We shuffled down. Distinctly I tried not to glance at my phone. I was on time early even the sun not even glancing off the storm windows up above. Fluorescent light cast a pall over the proceedings. Shoes , droned one agent. I re-checked my identification, a [ ]
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I hum under the velvet sheen of oil Splayed across my 78 matte black members Some keys sit distant, isolated for years, dormant but bright asdfjkl; purring as a tiger cub, Crouched to leap in to the Jungian Clacking like a curious baby duck through the leaves off the banks of the Susquehanna Ignoring the [ ]
The doves clock in at Piazza San Morco for their morning shift Cats slit their eyes eager to fatten She makes a promise, a pledge Winking at you on a moody piece of glass At noon the emperor emerges to sunbathe nude The taste of burnt paella mingles with crisp, sizzling cold water [ ]
Whoever made us laugh or cry Launch those bastards in to the sky Scrub away every memory That leaf that drifted from the tree That settled on your pretty head Throw them with the rest under the bed Take away our moments together Lock them in the basement forever With tall walls to forestall Block [ ]