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Archive for June, 2010

house call

Friday, June 18th, 2010

The patient is in
her pajamas, with an un-
prescribed ice cream float.

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a cloak of civility

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

Must the default be
attack and denigrate? Or
can we listen, too?

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the shortest nights

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

Repeat location;
the crickets and fireflies
transmit them in code.

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the longest days

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

Sweat forms the moment
grownups step out to check if
the lawn needs water.

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patriotic cloth

Monday, June 14th, 2010

The fabric of a
nation isn’t measured in
stitches but people.

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about a radish

Sunday, June 13th, 2010

The oddball in the
salad bowl has something to
say, if only asked.

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a festival forgotten

Saturday, June 12th, 2010

The park once teemed with
teens and old folks in chairs till
the money ran out.

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the modern ghost

Friday, June 11th, 2010

The modern ghost haunts
not rundown shacks or scary
graveyards. He brings dread.

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hooky

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

Run free. Escape the
corporate dungeons for a life
richer in mischief.

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polished to perception

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

The best manuscripts
artfully hide a series
of drafts and rewrites.

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your guess is as bad as mine

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

How do we handle
conflict? Smoothly. How do we
keep going? Blind faith.

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there is only try

Monday, June 7th, 2010

The odd thing about
second chances? They can help
remove all regrets.

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the flow of notes

Sunday, June 6th, 2010

The saxophonist
blares out riff after smooth riff,
shades on the whole time.

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counting fireflies

Saturday, June 5th, 2010

Flashing blips poke the
darkness straining to get in
sync with each other.

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waves of grains

Friday, June 4th, 2010

Hundreds of miles from
the beach, still finding sand in
shoes and cars and bags.

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