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The Luxury of Ideal
Before my father died, I was never in trouble with the law. Daddy…
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FOURTH OF JULY—An American Garden of Fire
Gunpowder flowers
bloom after dark,
Flaming roses,
black-eyed…
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Spinning The Bottle
That first winter in high school, we were wild. Not…
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The Night Will Be Young Forever
It was 1962, the rabble beyond the waterway were already well…
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The Glitter of Her Laughter
I was still wearing the clothes I had slept in, and couldn’t…
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Bomb Attack
About one month into the 9th grade, we were practicing for a…
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Ignition
Whenever a girl got into my car, any chance of my paying undivided…
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Larger Than the Land
Headed for Surfside in the wet cold morning, we took Highway…
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Plumage and Perfume
Somewhere in the genetic code for human male behavior, there…