The sparkles in the pavement lit up like tiny stars – Or maybe gems in sunbaked sands in some strange land on Mars. A stretch of grass sprawled out above – inviting, fragrant, green. It seemed to whisper wondrous tales of worlds as yet unseen. From behind drifted summer’s...
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Slap! Against the window pane – Plunk plunk plunk – it sounds like rain. I look out, and there I see A muddy, chocolate-brown doggie! I see another puppy, blonde. She dives into a muddy pond. And, now, soaking through and through, She emerges chocolate too! I hear a hiss, and now I...
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Ten seconds to impact. I knew it was a bad idea. I had known it was a bad idea forever. Not only had I never wanted this, I had been adamantly against it for as long as I could remember. And yet, here it was,...
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Several squids await inside, Each perfumed with formaldehyde. We all pair up and then sit down. The squids are being passed around. Some are chubby. Some are thinner. One's a beauty contest winner. We are told that our first task Is to remove the buccal mass. I pull and pull with all my...
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