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the oversaturated duck The concept of saturation can be extrapolated beyond the simplicity of sponges floating in the bathtub and stale pieces of bread thrown in the pond for the ducks. Stretched past i…
winter at the video exchange Half a week before the video exchange, the hobbyist cinematographer gathered the best of his tapes into a corrugated paper carton. This time, he hoped to swap at least some of…
prisoner on the beach I am takenin an unmarked van, nondescript save for the smears in the dust of the two rearwindows of the two swinging back doors. There’s a dirty carpet under me, but the cushioni…
a hypothetical situation Let’s speakof a hypothetical situation. Whetherthis yet unnamed situation is either probable or possible is directly up forcontention. In effect, the situation canbe almost…
in the wake of the happy birthday, Rosaline Firstthe cross-dressing clown with the rusty harmonica comes sweating and drippinghis make-up onto the welcome mat in the front of the house. He still has…
sedimentary This morning I woke up and I saw your angry face. I had no idea a tow truck could do that to anyone's features. It was an accident after all. That truck driver had no idea you were going to…
the binocular-gazing game Oncethere was a man who loved his binoculars because he outfitted them withtelescopic lenses to aim at his sister’s pimples. Disgusting, he liked to say. The magnification a…
the man with the bucket There is a man with a bucket roaming around my house when I am not at home. He sprinkles crumbs on my floors. The bucket of crumbs is full when he arrives. It is empty when he…
continental driftThere are several instances of sound advice one should heedwhen leading life out on the grassy plains as a Neanderthal. Other than the weekly stampede of gazelle thatone should be wary of when makin…
the strap “SoFran says to me last night, Nicki, you have to see it from my side, then you’d knowexactly what I’m talking about.” She wasfiddling with the strap of her dress again. “So Isaid to he…
haircutat the barber's The yachts are out on the marina. I walked down the street to the barber I’d been going to since I wasfive. Mr. Martin's always shaped my head. He uses the same buzzersstill.…
let me have this levitation Sometimeago I started jumping on the bed. Theysay it all started when I got a new box frame for the mattress. But I like to think it was the time I saw acockroach come ou…
the potluck war of 1986, basement, building A Everyone sat down at the table. It stretched for miles in all directions, but I stared down my nearest opponents. When the signal was given, we uncovered o…