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Progress is marked with fields sprouting water towers. Migration marches on, while the population standing on two legs overruns the one cowering on all four. What was once wild is now paved and striped as yet another stretch of the endless mile.
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Just turn it off. There is no reason to look. There is no reward in outlasting the masses by standing outside in the rain all day. I don’t speak of it, won’t speak of it. There is no incentive I can give that would make you pound down the will of those caught in your…
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The old man who owns the convenience store at the end of the block gave me a few words of advice this morning as I dashed in to pick up half-and-half and tampons. "If you're just concerned with putting one foot in front of the other," he said, "then it's the detour you'll always want…
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Gil had been on the road for the last five days. Of course he had a GPS, a map, and an atlas, so he couldn't use getting lost as an excuse. He told himself a tale of self-discovery and wanderlust that he thought would impress the folks back home, but he knew better than to…
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It is a voice that does not stay in place. It sighs, and sometimes roars. The sound is high over head, and then in my face, moisture hitting my skin. The voice scolds me for leaving, and starts in on its rhythmic tirade: Slap you senseless. Slap you senseless. Hush. Hush. I try to explain…
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Mateo made a valiant attempt to clear the tchotchke from his apartment. Clutter collected dust, and dust attracted microscopic critters, and Mateo was scared shitless of the magnified pictures of dust mites that manufacturers of HEPA filters liked using in their advertising. Dusty corners were also attractive to spiders. Many a web had been spun between…
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Their travels led them to the spot where the relic had been waiting. Sitting on the shelf, radiating a message of thanks for not being forgotten, the source was reunited with its seekers.
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…is a girl’s best friend. Just a word of advice from one Bellinghamster to another.
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A week has past, and a productive one at that. 30,000 words on the right and 40,000 words on the left. That's all got to meet up in the middle somewhere. The thing is to trust and to persevere. It's o.k. that the time is now. The past provided the compost and now it's time…
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A barn in Hood County, Texas, has become ground zero in the hunt for the chupacabra. via buzz.yahoo.com I was first made aware of el chupacabra years ago, and have always been on the lookout for that sneaky goat sucker. I even think I may have spotted one not long ago while driving near our…
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