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breakfast
i open the egg carton to make eggs and on the underside of the lid it says “our eggs are produced according to one of 21 systems: cage-free plus, outdoor access, pasture-raised, outdoor living, on-campus living, apartment housing, condo living, section 8, beach access, yurt living, van life, homeownership, mansion in the hills, cabin in…
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migration
a wedding party, the bottom of the Culver steps. the men in blue suits and women in blue backless dresses. they stand around confused like dumb birds. the men laugh. the women look confused still. the photographer waves them all away. they follow him west in a V pattern.
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i don’t want to write
i want to watch a shark attack movie
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on the job
all the construction workers sitting on the curb, looking left as a pretty woman passes on the sidewalk. she’s in a short dress. i wait to see all their heads turn together as though controlled by motion sensor. i watch her go by and go by but they all continue chewing their lunch. they’re looking…
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fishing in Culver Center
look at all these fishing lines in Culver Center, where thepeople are plenty and the fishing is good. and thefishermen come by, and they troll,they drag the line across us… let it out little by little…closer, and closer, and the bait sniffs around me, thislittle pug, and i smile and say, “hey buddy,” and put…
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bad botanists
you don’t know bougainvillea and you don’t know jacaranda. you know frizzle sizzle but the jury is still out on whether that’s a real plant. we are the world’s worst botanists on our walk, going south through your neighborhood but quickly turning north when you say, we can go to my coffee shop! and i…
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me & the ump
“i will teach you the rules of The Bachelorette,” she says. “it’s pretty complicated, like baseball.” “but you know all the rules of baseball,” i say, “except of course the part about whether you can throw the ball at runners to get them out.” “how does an umpire do the strike again?” she stands up…
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