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It's For Sale, But I'M Keeping It, Sean Loughran

Bryant Literary Review

This car is a money pit. I can't stand it. I keep
spending thousands of dollars of hard earned
cash to keep it running but all I'm getting out

One Survived, Shelley Joy

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He shoves the only cash he has at the Amtrak desk clerk.

Late, Chad Dickinson

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You were late.
The strong Hawaiian sun peers through
The window on that December Sunday morning

Sunny Side Up, Byron Case

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It is ovoid simplicity incarnate,
perfectly palm-sized,
and crackable.

Terminal Velocity, Charles Harper Webb

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--the highest velocity attainable by an object as it falls through air

The male Mandarin, world's most gorgeous

duck--scarlet bill; purple breast; white

Pigeons, Bibhu Padhi

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They embody a consciousness
that shines among light-grey rocks.

The Ice Man, Mitch Lescarbeau

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Bolzano, Italy

We jostle and joke in the waiting line's dark,
snaking toward the cold cube of light in the wall.

Lost At Sea, Mitch Lescarbeau

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The mass for the missing is over:
it's too cold, the wind off the Atlantic
wheedling everybody back toward their cars.

A Fitting Memorial, Roger D. Hicks

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Ballard had already been sitting on the store porch more than an hour before Ep left his house across the creek for their regular morning conversation.

Goodbye, Apostrophe, Peter Schmitt

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Goodbye, apostrophe--
you were barely hanging on

Junkyard, Susan Boehm

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In a junkyard
piled with the rusting machinery

Bamboo, Kerry Jones

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Alice Tran was sitting in the lobby area just outside my office, waiting for me, a large paper bag on the chair beside her, her feet dangling from the chair she occupied.

The Barber's Chair, Kevin Power

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The shallow mockery goes back and forth
like a hollow ping pong ball of conversation

Out Of The Limelight, David James

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Maybe it's my dislike for coconut,
my aversion to horror movies.

Ruffled Feathers, Murzban F. Shroff

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It was one of the finest buildings in South Mumbai

The Lion At Franklin Park, Kathleen Aponick

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We observe you in sunlight, golden offering
on a sculptured mound, blinking, throwing back your head

6802 Bayfield Ave. Arverne, New York, Brennan D'Elena

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He lights a cigarette and keeps
his hand steady on the wheel.

Candle In The Wind, Sheryl L. Nelms

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black
back lit
by the sprinkle of stars

Where The Light Enters, Michael Pikna

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Max knocked lightly on Celia's door.

Game 5 Of The 2015 World Series (Pitcher Perfect Through 8 Innings), Frank De Canio

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"Call no man happy till after his death,"
Montaigne wrote. If, Harvey had died before

Let Wind, Timothy Clutter

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Let wind be the day-old toy
of a thoughtless god who can't
recall where he left it.

Iron Box, Emily Sheehan

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Was the sun shining when you stepped out into the world today?

Dresden, Robert Kostuck

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The mockingbird song is familiar, something from childhood; maybe a nursery rhyme buried in the deepest part of my memories.

Water Stone, Matthew J. Spireng

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A small translucent stone with water a million years old
trapped inside like a bubble, a liquid core purer, we think,

Strolling In Guangzhou, Stephen C. Behrendt

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It's afternoon in Guangzhou
and I'm out with Maia,

The Moon's Old Glory, David Dragone

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Overrated, exaggerated
The crescent hangs, worn-out

Ride The Peter Pan, Allison Whittenberg

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There were times when it seemed like all the beauty was sucked out of my life.

A Place For Everything, John P. Kristofco

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"We're here with Dr. Joseph Ellis, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Redmond University, to talk about his research and his new book, A Place for Everything.

Sister Wigberta, Thomas Dorsett

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Dad hanging onto the pier
after his ship has sailed on

Why Should We?, Don Kunz

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Death addresses its invitation
In bold black block letters,
And will honor no regrets.