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At the Museum
… If the Mayor thought that, he’s got another thought coming. Louise sat down at the dressing table, leaned up to … seat, tossing his keys in the air. A moment later the diesel engine roared and the Mercedes leapt forward just as … and terrace. A crowd had already gathered on the terrace: ladies in long dresses and men in dinner jackets, laughing, …
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We Don’t Deserve This
… me; they behold only themselves.  Never once have I been complimented on the way my glinting veneer catches the … goes now. And don’t expect me to take you back if someone points out during your dissertation defense that you were … I could become a group text and organize a picnic for you ladies, rather than keep vibrating my way through this …
Madame De Warens
… her in any clear light, while it is certain that at some points, intentionally as well as unintentionally, she misled … second of three children and the only survivor. Her mother died in childbirth when Franchise was still an infant, and … capital, became more severe than ever. In the spring of 1726 she realised that the crash was approaching. Her pride …
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The Guardy and the Shame
… to lambast their country, to question its leaders, and to complain about all the things that might be wrong there, it … its people.  The legacy of slavery and colonial control has also left its mark. The impact moves even beyond slavery, to … you in a good way. And sometimes people have to put their bodies between the society and those who are the victims of …
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Have A Coke and A Bullet
… Instigator. The best way to settle a dispute is: Compromise, Vote, Debate, Lead pipe. I think about my … on the long pavement. Slowly, like young plants, our bodies rotated toward the sun. Sligo and I turned east, toward … God create something then ignore its fate? Was the devil also a part of God? If understanding was freedom, why had it …
White Boys and River Girls
… real nice, and that’s what she likes to hear. When the guys come around after work, I kind of flip through the … I kissed her breasts as she slept. I kissed her nipples to points and she reached her sleepy arms around me and I moved … or nothing,” I laughed, trying to cheer her up. “I could’ve died with him,” she said. “I was tiny and I could’ve died, …
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