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Too Close For Comfort
A fifty-dollar bill every Christmas, the enveloping calm of crystalline snow and limitless sky, a blip on a monitor
May 2007
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Praying
A hundred-dollar bill, lemon cookies and a Wink soda, J.D. Salinger’s Franny and Zooey
April 2007
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Nothing To Lose
Early-onset Alzheimer’s, a nonmonogamous relationship, an upright piano
January 2007
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Gambling
A roulette wheel, fraudulent tax returns, a Marilyn Monroe impersonator
December 2006
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Nine To Five
A Brussels-sprouts cannery, the Kinsey Institute, singing telegrams
November 2006
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Falling
A loud snap reminiscent of ice cubes cracking in a glass, waiting arms, a broken hammock
October 2006
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Temptation
A big, fat zip-lock bag of white powder; Crohn’s disease, a pair of turquoise earrings
August 2006
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