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If I Could...

nobody@vox.com(Aubrey) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:00:19 -0800

...I would invite every one of my handsome, adorable, clever neighbors to my apartment for Thanksgiving dinner. If I could, I would expand my list of invitees, like a sparkling balloon, to include parents, children and all manner of pets. How I ...

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A Speck

nobody@vox.com(Aubrey) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:56:11 -0800

When "speck" is defined as a noun, it is 'a very small mark, or amount', it is 'a bit'. But when "Speck" is the name of a cat, it is defined as "Get out of my room": As a future tense, it is defined as, "I don't have to tell you what will happen ...

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A Rare Sighting

nobody@vox.com(Aubrey) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:12:44 -0800

LOCATION: Lake Tahoe, California TIME: August, 1963 SUBJECT: Mother ACT ENGAGED BY SUBJECT: Swimming b. Dogpaddle IDENTIFYING MARKS: Dark Sunglasses CURRENT CONDITI...

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Poppies

nobody@vox.com(Aubrey) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:22:24 -0800

The poppy is an uncomplicated creature. It has one color. It is not parasitic or solitary. It grows simply, and in groups, like schoolchildren. But its symbolism is rich, with a magnitude that has spanned many countries, and many centuries. F...

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Vignette Ordinaire

nobody@vox.com(Aubrey) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:19:02 -0800

I was walking home - desperately - from work one day, shuddering with my disinterest, when I looked up and saw a simple composition floating in the impatient sky. All of the elements were ruled by astronomy, so as each second passed, they were s...

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The Seven Seals

nobody@vox.com(Aubrey) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:16:05 -0800

"And behold, and lo," it was said. And thence came a creature empowered with seven horns, seven eyes and seven Spirits. And there were seven seals. The first seal... was Conquest: Boyfriend had an excellent day of surfing at Asilomar Beach. I c...

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A Worn Memory

nobody@vox.com(Aubrey) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:49:13 -0700

A couple of years ago, in late October, I wrote a post about the many incarnations I assumed for Halloween. I have photos as proof of the kangaroo, the gladiator, the geisha and gypsy that went from house to house on October 31, many years ago. ...

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Caught By A Downpour

nobody@vox.com(Aubrey) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:25:56 -0700

The rain kept me awake the other night, galloping through the gray air like nervous horses. The water exploding against the ground had the sound of muscular hoofbeats and I couldn't close my eyes without seeing their wild, sparking eyes. In the ...

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Locked Rooms

nobody@vox.com(Aubrey) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:10:03 -0700

I know how they used to visualize her. Weak and erotic, pliable and romantic, vaguely Eastern - she lay hidden in a locked room heavy with silks and thick perfumes. Her arms were flung about her head, lush and weak, and her body curved like a sa...

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Flying Tigers, 1941

nobody@vox.com(Aubrey) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:49:58 -0700

The tiger was weary. All night it had been on the prowl, weaving past the wolves, dogs, bulls, lions and bears that lived in star-like reticence in the black sky. It forded rivers that spanned galaxies, startling the sleeping dragons whose scal...

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