She lashed out, putting poutish mouth to dramatic effect, “SHUT UP! You Toad of no acclaim! I have Satan on my side! I have people who worship me!”
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Home still exists.
Where is homeland?
Look how wonderful your fear is, they goad.
Now step over the edge.
The snake was never an intruder in paradise
but a permanent resident.
Hua was thinking about how to cook the big softshell turtle for her husband when she spotted a large pile of dried fish maw on the roadside.
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Dinner was served already a memory:
Warm, heavy, familiar, bearable.
Three days later, Geoff drove Emily to the airport in Dublin to catch a flight back to New Jersey. Sweet with the nectar of new love and grasping one of Geoff’s tweed caps, which he had taken off and given to her in a parting gesture, Emily gave him a tearful hug and promised to keep in touch.
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“Destroy it?” someone asked uneasily.
“That’s right. Destroy it.”