[A pair of mannequin legs floated by on the current, sticking straight up. A second pair followed the first, and a third in an upside-down kneel.]
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What sort of character would concoct homemade napalm for use in booby traps?
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Have you ever lived near an oxbow lake? An engine bloc depository? A rake forest? A place you could swim naked without fear of being seen?
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Flute music will come through the wall from the neighbor's apartment. Someone above will be running a blender. You will be chopping a pineapple on the counter with too small a knife. You will not realize your sweater is backward. Later, your date will wonder where all these fleas came from, and you will hope the fleas have gone unnoticed.
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[A writing challenge: "One character has an unexpected scar."]
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If you take offense to Kong in Trowbridge's Complete Book of Kong, you're probably the kind of person Kong would squeeze too hard.
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-spect-
spectate - respect - introspection - inspect -
spectral - specter - disrespect -
circumspect - [prespect] - underinspect -
overinspect - overcircumspection - subspect
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It isn't that difficult. Do you understand it? Yes or No? Then, Why? and How? (yes or no . . .)
Small, local context? or Universal context?
-Does it matter?
-Don't do this, Don't do that, Avoid all advice good and bad.
Unless the advice works, or doesn't work.
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Looking forward to going to bed.
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I am fond of the word "malingerer". Self-abuse. Smacking.
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"What's the limit on skulls this year?"
"Scram, you assholes."
"Blunt yourselves."
"PILED FOR QUALITY!"
"They hosted parasites."
"Do pugs bay?"
"The mayor's noose-"
"What about the mayor's noose?"
"Paw, as in 'grope.'"
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Wooden Eyes.
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2009/03/02
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A Slowly Growing List of Things to Look Forward To When You Have a Child
- Every day is either Christmas or Halloween or Birthday or Easter
- Leave those cats alone! They're going to scratch you and it will hurt
- You cannot lie under circumstances, but nor can you tell the literal truth
- Geez that kid is sharp
- Can I have cake? Can I have cake? Can I have cake? Huh? Daddy? Can I have cake?
- For the last time, stop asking me!
- Noticing the growth: taller and a bit heavier to carry
- Children's television shows
- Food. Wasted food
- Remembering that you once acted this way yourself
- Watching where the both of you are going
- The joy of hearing the word "fuck" being used experimentally, and justifying this experimentation by saying "Well they learn it eventually"
- TANTRUMS
- Sitting down together on the living room floor, a mess of blocks & cars & plush Care Bears strewn around you, discussing the complexities of each car's identity, its name, and why it is so humorous
- Having to take responsibility for someone else for a change
- More frustration than you're prepared for
- Wicked cackling
- Drawings of potato guys
- Learning about the world all over again
- Circular Logic
- Unexpected hugs and words put beautifully together out of context
- Waking up after 4 hours of sleep, and unexpectedly having to confront shit, in more than one place, including the carpet, a big toe, a butt, a bed, a toilet seat, and underpants
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