December 2011
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“and if you want to keep somebody around
you keep them in the dark forever”
– from “10 Things You Didn’t Know About being a Zombie” by Chad Anderson
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“There is no more textbook definition of “unconditional”
than the...”
– from “10 Things You Didn’t Know About being a Zombie” by Chad Anderson
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“Five.
You still think about things.
You’re not just some mindless...”
– from “10 Things You Didn’t Know About being a Zombie” by Chad Anderson
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“Remind me how living is more than a pulse
when still hearts hunger a mile away.”
– from “Fear and Embrace” by Hugh Pham
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“When he broke through
the barriers, arms outstretched, how
could you not...”
– from “Barbara” by Wonder Dave
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everyone else: i'm getting an ipad and a laptop and $300 worth of clothes and...
me: MASTER HAS GIVEN DOBBY A SOCK
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holidays in my house
Aunt opens second box of Jingles
Aunt: Oh cool! I'll take as many boxes of these as you give me. You can't ever find them!
Old lady: What are those?
Aunt: They're just, like, a sugar cookie with a little bit of sugar on top. And that, what do you call that spice?
Mom: Anise
Aunt: Yeah, anise!
Uncle: Anis. Uhh-niece. Anus.
Mom: ANUS!
Aunt: Anise. Kind of that licorice--
Uncle: Anus.
Cousins both laugh
Mom, sitting next to me, turns over her shoulder, raises her eyebrows at me
Mom, whispered, with eyes wide: Butt.
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“Because there is still a flicker of heat, no larger
than a storm-cellar candle...”
– from “Here Comes the…” by Melissa May
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“I stalk the coast
craving good flesh, what’s been taken
from me. And...”
– from “After the 2012 Apocalypse” by Stevie Edwards
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“He said we’d be safe. He left me
on a cold night, an offering of a dead...”
– from “After the 2012 Apocalypse” by Stevie Edwards
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“Once, I mounted my friend’s horse
bareback because I wanted to know how...”
– from “After the 2012 Apocalypse” by Stevie Edwards
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“Ancient question:
when dead folks walk, do they know poetry?
Or is it all just...”
– from “Rebirth Is Always Painful” by Evan Peterson
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“8. Realize that this love was not your trainwreck, was not the truck that...”
– from “Fifteen Ways To Stay Alive” by Daphne Gottlieb
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“Just once in my life—oh, when have I ever wanted anything just once in my life?”
– “Memoir” by Amy Hempel
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“I heard Jane ask my father if he was happiest when he was in Aspen. He said, “I...”
– “The Afterlife” by Amy Hempel
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“Everyone wants to know how you do it, how you raise a puppy and train it for a...”
– “The Dog of the Marriage” by Amy Hempel
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“I suppose there are many things one should try not to take personally. An...”
– “The Dog of the Marriage” by Amy Hempel
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“I could hear mice in a drawer. I yanked it open and found droppings like fat,...”
– “The Uninvited” by Amy Hempel
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“Soon I’ll have a chance of a bridge or tunnel. In these last years I’m talking...”
– “Jesus Is Waiting” by Amy Hempel
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“The only time the word baby doesn’t scare me is the time that it should, when it...”
– “Tumble Home” by Amy Hempel
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“I saw a movie in which two girls share an apartment. One day, one of the girls...”
– “Tumble Home” by Amy Hempel
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“The first time I walked one of the nearby shelter dogs, I broke into futile...”
– “Tumble Home” by Amy Hempel
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wolfami:
mysailorheart:
Song’s called But I...
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“The other day I was playing Scrabble with Karen. I saw that I could close the...”
– “Tumble Home” by Amy Hempel
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“I often feel the effects of people only after they leave me.”
– “Tumble Home” by Amy Hempel
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“And a swimming pool in the backyard. I never had a swimming pool; I swam in a...”
– “Tumble Home” by Amy Hempel
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“This is easier, I think, when your life has been tipped over and poured out....”
– “Tumble Home” by Amy Hempel 