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A June night like a fat man at a bus stop

The fetid dark sits on the house like a fat man at the bus stop, sweat pooled on the plastic seat too narrow for his sturdy frame, and the night jasmine’s heavy scent assaults the senses, cloying sweet, like the … Continue reading

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No Small Talk Left

It takes perhaps at most an entire day depending on the company and scene, but at some point there’s nothing left to say and words become superfluous, obscene. It’s not because the topics have run dry, or even that some … Continue reading

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