Fables of the Deconstruction
Palimpsest
Everybody knows that times are tough. Nobody has any money, and the cost of living is climbing. The unions are getting busted, and the middle class is disappearing.
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Mellow my mind
As a writer, I recognize the importance of clarity. I try to use the simplest words to express my ideas. A recent survey of my vernacular revealed that I use the same 487 words almost exclusively.
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Love is a rose
The monster got away. I had walked up to the store out on the state road, and I was gone for a couple hours. It had never been a problem before.
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I’ll never fall in love again
I originally wrote this for the April Fool’s Day “Fake Issue,” but it got cut, so I had to rewrite it for this ordinary, “real” issue.
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Hear the wind blow
You have such a nice home. It’s always so interesting to see the spaces in which people live. Thank you.
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I’ll be around
My neighbors got a divorce. He started putting his stuff in storage last fall, and then he moved away.
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All This Useless Beauty/Lost in Space
In my capacity as a counselor to fictional characters, I have heard some pretty crazy stories.
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Gravity’s angel
My lab partner and I made a homunculus for a science project.
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Moving the river
I have always dreamed of having a gun, owning a gun. After all, I’m an American citizen; it is my prerogative to own a gun. It’s the American dream, right?
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Time of the season
Fables of the Deconstruction is taped in front of a live audience.
