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Microwave Popcorn, Ace Boggess

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in the movie theaters of my childhood
I learned to love the dark

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Mourners, Lawrence F. Farrar

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Professor Emeritus Jake Freeman cramped the wheel of his old Buick hard right and swung off the interstate.

Father, 1970, Julie Danho

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Outside Sip-N-Dip Donuts, he and Drag and Crazy Andy down Cuervo until

The Mourning Cloak, Kenneth Vanderbeek

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David was not a careless driver, but he was not an exemplary one, either.

Peroxide, William Jolliff

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The first time her sisters helped her
while their mom was still at work,

Rocket Man, Peter E. Murphy

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I'm not sleeping
good and my gut

Probably, Francine Witte

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That summer was knobby
and loose-skinned like the knuckles
of a tired old man. My father

Finishing Touches, Denise Utt

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There's a lady I've heard about
who paints pictures on lampshades

After Harry's Suicide, E. G. Silverman

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I had not dreamed, so at first I remembered nothing.

The Widow, Francine Witte

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She stands straight up for the first time
in years. So many hours spent hunched

Mcneal's Rant, Lucile Blanchard

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"McNeal's Rant" is a Scottish country dance, a 40-bar strathspey, and a variation of "The Black Dance," a 32-bar reel. It is danced by Ian and Abigail McNeal (first couple) and Rick and Rita Milton (third couple).

Bars 1-4: First couple turns with the right hand.

The Sting Of It, Denise Utt

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If I could retire
I wouldn't have to commute
to the whims of the wind

East Of My Birth, Dennis Trudell

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Even in their homes, the island villagers
sometimes had to raise voices to be heard

An Appeal, Mary Soon Lee

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Colleagues, let us terminate forthwith
the reprehensible hegemony

The Back Garden, Suruchi Mohan

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After weeks of passing messages through Mrs. Khanna, Ruchir Kapoor's parents had picked a time to see the girl.

Problema Ng Makata Sa Panahon Ng Terorismo/The Problem Of The Poet In A Time Of Terrorism, E. San Juan, Jr.

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Nangungulila Tila luho't karangyaan

Grace And The Abandoned, John Grey

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Grace walks to the lake
and her critters follow.

Darwinian, Jennifer Tappenden

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The first cry divides
itself from happiness

Looking Forward To The Farmer's Market, Stephen Germic

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Slender lives of orphans, sewage of a nation,
they talk in old age about childhood.

A Poet's Uncle, Matthew Dulany

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After the death of his sister-in-law, Bill Ruckelsmann began to pay more attention to his nephew.

Cutting Room Floor, Heather C. Miller

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Rewind to the time out for Italian with the girls
and my lesbian best friend wanted to go halfsies

Afterlife--The Drowning Pool, Catherine Tahmin

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when you die
they bring you warm towels

Ghost, Peter Barlow

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South of Piqua there's a rest stop.

Handkerchief, Margaret Hasse

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A constellation of small hearts
embroidered on a white linen square

Intrigue, Dennis Saleh

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In a conspiracy
of sky

Airport, Alex Russo

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a universe of utter transience connects people
moving in every direction like twelve thousand

Contributors

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The Ballet Class, Kendall Klym

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I'll be the first to admit that I'm no expert.

Weathertalk, Korkut Onaran

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A darkwhite sky

with a touch of semantic confusion

and the day spreads like

a sheet between the city