five seconds to launch
shuttle captain groans
garage door left unlocked
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crooked eye-lashes
missing front tooth, hazards
of teleportation
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brand new chevy truck
2080 chevy
three, two, one, lift off
-William Landis
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by WC Roberts
belly button pushed,
birthday suit ejected him--
what a bloody mess
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she laughs at her friend
flashing metal detector
he’d set it off naked
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gingerbread house
the scent of marrow bones
simmering in the cauldron
- Carolyn M. Hinderliter
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