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It’s 60 degrees in January so the birds have decided to just stick it out because who can afford the time-share anyway and the flowers bloom completely off-key like the conductor is drunk

The first time I was shot I was fifteen and I deserved it. I broke into a run-down lurch, an ancient moonshiners' abandoned cabin in the forest.

And yet, and yet, from the rear pew of my mind came a rude slurping as my straw probed the ice of a Pepsi.

It had been a long frustrating day, but at least he was now bathing in a bowl of milk.

We get back together, because of course we do. He is better, now. Therapy helps both of us.

Dan texted his wife before going on the ventilator. She shares most things on Facebook, and she has disclosed this last message, too.

Consideration of Deferred Action for Chilhood Arrivals

This is when your humanity ends, when a pen hits this paper.

...I'm part of this thing where fish learned to walk...

This spring was cloudy + wet so the world is green, green, green. 

Tom Selleck, in his best reverse mortgage voice, volunteers to call your parents and break the news that their daughter almost died. Your mom is happy to hear from him since she always liked Magnum P.I.

"lucky" and "trophy"

Big Bob sat beside me and watched women he classified as MILFs walk their kids to the pool with large, clear tubes.

AR: This is a boundary and you are going to push against it

She arrived at my apartment at 3 a.m. with a soft suitcase on her head, a handle positioned over one eye. I could see the netting in her matted blonde wig. Her broken eyeliner and stained lips

After we finish doing the dinner dishes together, Mario heads into the living room and picks up the remote control.

“Guess what?” he says, turning on the TV. “New Zealand is playing England in

become translucent as they die...

"Silverado Crush" and "This Is How You Throw a Party in Mykonos, Bitch"

I saw into the face tattooed on his thigh and thought, I am not afraid.

"Smile!," "The Finest," and "The Young"

"The First Time I Called Myself His Girl" and "You Google Drive-Thru Margaritas"

Yoda’s thirst provided more difficult than anything he had faced on the planet before. He did not have running water, and couldn’t just pop down to Pel’Kiha’s Corner Store anymore.

"commandment" and "do i miss you? that's none of my business"

There was a time I had a flower in my mouth...

Going to work after you’ve been on an meth bender in a brothel is not a good idea,

Previously on...
Part 5  ||  Part 4  ||  Part 3  ||  Part 2  ||  Part 1  ||  Prologue

"Splendido Splendente" and "Salt and Pepper or Salt and Vinegar"