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TagComing up Four
Lydia’s replica is downstairs washing dishes.
Panopticon
It’s a boring job, there’s no denying that, but then again, things could be worse.
The double-slit experiment
Tara always used to take the piss out of me for being “posh”.
Crossed Lines
“You give me a hundred quid; I give you the phone back. Meet you by the playground in Coldwire Park tomorrow at three.”
I Live in a Seaside Motel
I live in a seaside motel. On nights the ocean is lively I can lie in bed and hear it murmur midnight elegies.
Still Crying
A car parked in the parking lot, not ten yards away, blasting Kanye West’s “Bound 2”, and it poured through the open window of Alex’s apartment.
TPK
You start in a tavern.
Leavin’ Springersville
Po’ Bobby Sue, she’s so in love;
Her Bubba’s all she’s thinkin’ of—
Tonight, they’ll dance an’ drink red wine.
It’s prom night, 1999.
Fresco
Cheryl’s psoriasis gives her face the texture of a medieval Italian fresco that needs restoration.
I Climbed the Hill Beneath You
I Climbed the Hill Beneath You
I devoted my time to watering a dead stick back then. I was
trying to raise an enchanted forest in my closet. I guess I
wasn’t thinking too cle