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security layers

Wednesday, November 14th, 2012

Do clothes protect us
from the elements, or keep
us from busting out?

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the unsuspecting turkey

Tuesday, November 13th, 2012

Full of hormones and
grain, the fat turkey strutted
about the homestead.

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risk is relative

Monday, November 12th, 2012

Speaking up for some,
hang gliding for others, the
line each of us draws.

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those who came back home

Sunday, November 11th, 2012

Not a one escaped
without a scar somewhere, a
surprise souvenir.

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the walk to the park

Saturday, November 10th, 2012

The sleek mom pushed the
huge stroller up the street, the
dog lunging at cars.

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the death of the middle class

Friday, November 9th, 2012

They could no longer
afford luxuries such as
iPads, kids and food.

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i must confess

Thursday, November 8th, 2012

I hate children and
pets. I’m shorter in person.
I worship Snooki.

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this american century

Wednesday, November 7th, 2012

Conqueror and king,
ally and debtor, brashly
we advance ourselves.

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how we vote

Tuesday, November 6th, 2012

By screen, by ovals,
by absentee, by punches,
with our heads and hearts.

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proto-butterfly

Monday, November 5th, 2012

The cocoon wasn’t
up to specs, so the planners
trashed that model, too.

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defeat comes in many forms

Sunday, November 4th, 2012

Weakness, fatigue, poor
planning, despair, undermanned,
loss of interest, time.

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over his shoulder

Saturday, November 3rd, 2012

He would laugh at an
odd thought, then reminisce on
things that might have been.

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a nation of know-it-alls

Friday, November 2nd, 2012

The fashionable
thing is to chop off one’s ears.
No one’s using them.

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canal streets

Thursday, November 1st, 2012

The murky surface
lapped the tops of cars along
flooded city roads.

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destroy all monsters

Wednesday, October 31st, 2012

Today, they want some
candy. But tomorrow, they
return for our houses.

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