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		 by Ray A. Young Bear Immediately after the two brothers entered The Seafood Shoppe with their wide-eyed wives and extra-brown complexioned stepchildre... 
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		The Author to Her Book2023-12-06by Anne Bradstreet Thou ill-formed offspring of my feeble brain, Who after birth didst by my side remain, Till snatched from thence by friends, less w... 
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		The Baite2023-12-06by John Donne Come live with mee, and bee my love, And wee will some new pleasures prove Of golden sands, and christall brookes, With silken lines, an... 
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		The Basic Con2023-12-06by Lew Welch Those who can‘t find anything to live for, always invent something to die for. Then they want the rest of us to die for it, too.... 
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		The Bean Eaters2023-12-06by Gwendolyn Brooks They eat beans mostly, this old yellow pair. Dinner is a casual affair. Plain chipware on a plain and creaking wood, Tin flatware.... 
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		From "One A.M."2023-12-06by David Young You'll show that toad-eater who wrote Night Thoughts what's happened in two centuries or so. You'll make your yard the spir... 
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		The Bear at the Dump2023-12-06by William Matthews Amidst the too much that we buy and throw away and the far too much we wrap it in, the bear found a few items of special interest&... 
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		The Bistro Styx2023-12-06by Rita Dove She was thinner, with a mannered gauntness as she paused just inside the double glass doors to survey the room, silvery cape billowing dr... 
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		From "Red Foxes"2023-12-06by Robert McDowell When she was younger Nessa shot a bird. She was playing Annie Oakley. Her friend Ramon Had handed her his Christmas BB gun. She rai... 
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		The Black Bass2023-12-06by David Dodd Lee My hand became my father's hand that day, for a second or two, as I lifted the fish, and I could feel his loneliness, my father&... 
