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When Uncle Dan got sent to the Alzheimer's ward, the ladies licked their lips. Fresh meat.
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1. Zugzwang When he reached zugzwang, he resisted the urge to upend the chess board. The bishop, the king—any move and it's checkmate. Fracturing a morning of raspberry scones, Sumatra blend coffee. He looked across the board at his…
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“It’s a sad thing,” I said, “when a man has to suffer just for getting a little on the side.”
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a face all of gold: metallic, her features painted atop a golden skin-mask
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She stood there with her back to me and her dress around her ankles.
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He hid in parks and abandoned apartment houses until his wounds healed. He ate nuts, berries, and seeds. A shy, gentle soul, he watched children playing on the monkey bars, and thought of his lost youth.
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I blame it all on evil humors. Something's leaking.
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My wife and I are cat people. Indeed, that's how we met. We met at a wake.
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We hit the road, headed west.
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“Tell you what, Chaser, I'm still in the record book and that means I'm still alive."
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Summer slides into the pool. She is wearing a red bikini. Her arms slick with Coppertone, glide along the surface of the water. Like a bladderwort, she lures me in. I grab hold, suck on her a little. Waterdrops sizzle on her hickey-stained neck. I pray…
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“I’m serious.”
“So am I.”
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The right is empty, waiting to receive the load like a catcher behind home plate.
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