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before you know it it’s mlk day

Monday, September 14th, 2015

It’s time for Hallo
weenThanksgivingVeterans
DayChristmasNewYear’s.

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the strain of babysitting pupils

Sunday, September 13th, 2015

Fights stopped: Around 5.
Phones confiscated: 13.
Lessons taught: 0.

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smiles for meters

Saturday, September 12th, 2015

Is happiness a
constant? A pool that slowly
drains? A deep, deep font?

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a post-9/11 world

Friday, September 11th, 2015

More patriotic,
more alert, more fearful, more
wary, more grateful.

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left to our own devices

Thursday, September 10th, 2015

We can do almost
anything we put our minds
to, except focus.

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mired in perceptions

Wednesday, September 9th, 2015

Paranoia bears
a strong resemblance to a
nonstop awareness.

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shells

Tuesday, September 8th, 2015

The exterior
hides everything — joy, sadness,
pain — within ourselves.

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work-life balance

Monday, September 7th, 2015

First comes work, then comes
life, and bringing up the rear
is balance. Then … death.

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and don’t forget thursdays

Sunday, September 6th, 2015

Friday night is for
football, as is Saturday,
Sunday and Monday.

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the farm’s last stand

Saturday, September 5th, 2015

The last jar of peach
preserves and basket of plump
tomatoes has sold.

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electoral collage

Friday, September 4th, 2015

They rigged the ballot
so only predetermined
elites could win votes.

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harvest of shame

Thursday, September 3rd, 2015

The biggest garden
foe was not cat nor bunny
but incompetence.

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twisted mobility

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2015

The scooter helped her
up and down the hall, if not
back on her own feet.

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the wandering governor

Tuesday, September 1st, 2015

He flew across the
land with his wife sometimes and
his mistress sometimes.

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scattered but not forgotten

Monday, August 31st, 2015

Refugees from the
storm found new homes far from the
shores of destruction.

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