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Sitting in a three-armed gown (third draft)

The technician in the aqua lab coat called the balding guy with the slightly bleeding shunt in the crook of his arm, with whom I had commiserated about the insipid iodine solution we were both drinking: he departed the tiny … Continue reading

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brace legs on the gunwhale hike out against wind’s cannons onto sail, mast, horizon wings slice blue above the clouds carve earth’s pale hide up to standard orbit mechanical layers slipstream silent black: domination of the paradox I, sing? man, … Continue reading

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How he brought the good news from the doctor to the wishing well

I was busting out all over It was almost like galloping except I was posting in the car stalled in grid lock while the radio hosts bantered with phone-in opinions on something or other urgently requiring immediate inanity I wanted … Continue reading

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