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Sleep, How Strange It Is by
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Prompted By Sleepy Time

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The miracle of going back to sleep.
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Shiva Near the Corned Beef by
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Prompted By Banned Books

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I recognize that all bannings are not the handiwork of the ignoramus class.
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Most Lost Eyeglasses Are Found by
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Prompted By The Eyes Have It

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“Thank you, doctor,” I said via my own expressive raised eyebrow, accented by genuflection.  I went back outside.
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Dark Caves by
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Prompted By Refugees

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My sometimes vigilant parents rushed to the television button a couple of beats too late to protect me from this grim portal on life and death. 
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Pandemic Blues by
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But the pandemic has exposed and eroded me, along with the world I live in. 
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My MRI Photo Booth by
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Prompted By Photo Booths

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When I think of photo booths, I think of freaking out in an MRI tube.
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Spare Me The Quaintness by
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I’ll take a clean, business-like, functioning, reliable, no nostalgia Hilton Garden Inn anytime/anywhere.
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The Dead Mouse (and her Dead Baby) by
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Death is an impenetrable wall.  I can etch messages into my side of it, yearning, regretting, remembering with exquisite fondness her smile...
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Time Stopped by
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Prompted By Time

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Sometimes, as in the case of my high school math class, time stopped.
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An Example of Resistance by
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Prompted By Scouting

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“We are your bad conscience,” said one of the leaflets. “Everyone wants to exonerate himself from his share of the blame … But it cannot be done: everyone is guilty! guilty! guilty!”"
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