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The towel rack

The girls who live in fancy housessensed trouble when the bathroom towel rack pulled off of the wall.Drywall dust scattered across cheap tiles. Oh shit, this house is crumbling. Short screws never reaching wall studs.Thin paint covering what’s supposed to be another pile of dustin three thousand years. The shock of understanding – that towel …

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Gamer

The world is whatever game you make it up to be. You could make it about avenging a villain or an abuser. It could be about Eagles green or Wrexham red or Yankee blue or Lakers purple. Some people do that for a portion of their script. You could make it about soaring, bubbling love. …

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Flick in the eye

And the day started with limp thoughts. Vapid, empty, thankless thoughts. As if a universe of sparkling wonder ever cared a whit for one egotistical but self-loathing thought of a man. Two things were said. Sacrilege perhaps to the wisdom of the depths beyond. Insult to the wonders that show up for you every damned …

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Fear

What is fear but a prevention mechanism?Prevention of what?Of chance?Of development?It’s not some homily from the “just do it” crowd.Or we’d all be nuked by now, by some fearless chap with a finger on a button. Fear could be a prevention of what’s indicated.An argument with the gods.Eating when not hungry.Sleeping while quite up and …

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Desire diet

And the man wants dandelion tea or dandelion capsules or just dandelions.Always wanting some bettering of the vessel while the vessel deteriorates.But the self improves until another wanting comes nagging forth.A wanting of caffeine for more caffeination.A wanting of sunlight for circadian reset.A wanting of muscle mass for blood pumping.Always another place to be for …

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