“‘Idiot,’ she murmured when she saw the white Whirlpool refrigerator standing condemned on the curb”
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“She entered the room, adorned / with flowers”
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“Look at us run, / carefree ‘til our bony legs give out from under us”
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“She sips leben out of a tall glass / and honors her ancestors and traditions.”
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“He stood on a ragged cliff, / the morning sun / draped across his back”
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“The lions mope around with their heads and eyes down / feeling the cold blanket of sorrow as they nap”
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“One summer morning, 8-year-old Annie went out into the yard…”
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“The barn’s skeleton is a hulking thing. Civilizations of termites have risen and fallen…”
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“We should not live in a world where this is acceptable / The violence has to stop”
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“I am the prickly cactus in California, / leafless and isolated, in this barren land.”
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“I remember we were in third grade when the teacher introduced us to the infinite repeating decimals…”
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“Sand whispers around my feet, / pebbles worn smooth by age”
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“The two men stood facing / The winding trail before them.”
“Our love, which Aphrodite disavowed, / Is languishing”
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“What if all the air in the world stopped? / If it stood very still in libraries…”
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“Weeping, I stretch my arms / through the crust of the Earth”
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“Burning sand / seeps between my toes / each footstep / a soft memory.”
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“Snowbanks come undone in the sunlight, / icebergs sail like sinking ships in mud puddles.”
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“The words spun around Alicia’s head as she stared at the bug on the dirty cafe floor…”
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“He lost his life at the age of four. / Too young to understand how the world works.”
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