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A famous writer called me. She was already crazy. I was flattered. I was fluttering on the edge of people who write about drugs and…

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Yard Work

For the past few weeks, my neighbor has been trimming his yard with scissors. He usually starts in the evening, when I’ve just finished putting…

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The Jar Effect

I wrote a song that transforms the listener into a glass jar. I threw it together on a synthesizer. Everyone thinks I used maracas for…

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Desire

And how many were there? The entire senior class, close to three hundred. Some administrators; a score of teachers. The football coach, six parents, one…

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The Children’s Book Writer

He preferred to write drunk. His books were more successful when he wrote them drunk. His theory was that his drunk books were looser and…

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At the Train Wreck

All the ears were piled in one place and all the noses in another. All the fingers were piled together except for thumbs, which were…

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Dina and Darlene Tunnel’s First 4th of July Alone—Freedom! Freedom! Freedom!

Across the country, it will be like Christmas time, ringing of bells. Across the country, a warranted eventual warning sign. Ring, we would hear, come…

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The Neighbors

The neighbors are strange and prefer privacy to brotherhood. They keep to themselves. They sleep odd hours and complain to the police when I play…

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Our House is Open

The child is throwing darts at an underwater target. He is like a secret society all by himself. His mother calls him to dinner. He…

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Dogs Playing Poker

Or pool. There’s also one where they play pool, one of them in a derby hat, and one of them in a vest, but the…

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