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Archives for November, 1979

As I Watch You Help Fill The Atlas Moving Van

As I Watch You Help Fill The Atlas Moving Van Remember when we egged the Andrews’ house on Halloween. Remember how we would pencil our mustaches to get into R-rated movies. Remember when that oak tree totaled my 10 speed. Remember catching the wrong bus after the Seahawks game, and having your mom pick us [...]

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Skyline

Skyline Space Needle leans against the wind. Indigo skies fold around belated clouds, wheezing at the dusky horizon. Salt-water gulls scan the waterline for breakfast. (I wonder how they spot food at 75 feet?) Chambers encase the essence of ancient buccaneers under the petrified dock; all bitter and twisted with the smell of musk. Standing [...]

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