A Cat is Like a Poem
They both spring into the air!Flashing in front of my eyes-With a dash of darkness…above and […]
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Visitors from the 6-1-0
At 8:30 a.m. I hear Tariq’s keys rattle in the door next to my office. Tariq
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Camel in a Cuisinart
You’d think Christians would be quickto advocate for anybody but the devil.Yet who is the first
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Nothing but Trouble
“Oh hell, no,” Juanita mumbled. Repeated raps on the back door had awakened her from
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The Never Lover
She sneezed twice and heard her mother’s voice sing-song, someone’s thinking about you. Her daughter is
Hit Me with a Double
I’ve been sitting at McClaren’s bar for a few hours and have had about six
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Dear Coroner: Finding a Woman’s Life in All this Mess (for Nita Pierson, 1919)
They might have called me crazy. They don’t know— my daughter’s hand slippedfrom her father’s, so
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At First, She Thought it was a Hummingbird
At first, she thought it was a hummingbird hovering in front of the fuchsia branch on
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