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things you learn

Sunday, October 4th, 2009

How to tie your shoes,
bake a pie, drive a car, kiss
properly, feel good.

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this play is just for us

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

If we sit very
still, the performance will keep
us gripped in drama.

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weather that demands specific tops

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Air with a bite, light
with a waxing crispness, and
sweaters without holes.

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beyond sleepy

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Eyelids remain at
attention, desperately
in need of at ease.

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march of the chairs

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

The rolling chairs sped
down the hallway, while folding
chairs ambled along.

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restless audience

Sunday, September 27th, 2009

They waited in line,
they waited in seats. Start the
movie already!

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stale popcorn

Saturday, September 26th, 2009

The rattling of the
tough popped kernels goes well with
the warm flat soda.

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saw it in a movie once

Friday, September 25th, 2009

This dude swooped in and
knocked out the villain, then made
out with, like, three chicks.

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poisoned from within

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

The municipal
halls were choked with false leaders
lining their pockets.

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last edition

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

The presses rolled one
last time, and the very last
newspaperman left.

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wake up

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Wake up, world. Don’t you
know there’s injustice and sin?
(Like there’s always been.)

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the fog

Monday, September 21st, 2009

Where is the coffee?
Why is the alarm blaring?
Morning comes too soon.

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the chosen ones

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

Get gussied up, preen
for the cameras, hear them pick
other, cry inside.

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wash away your sins

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

The clouds formed the new
sky, a torrential dome of
unending downpour.

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d-i-v-o-r-c-e

Friday, September 18th, 2009

A parting of the
ways, man the lifeboats, let one
man put asunder.

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