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1. The Drapes Come Open, Revealing the Grand Ballroom
The color commentator, a tape recorder strapped to his back, was hired to walk around and interview the guests at my friend Seth's parents' wedding in 1971. His reportage was then converted into a...
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2. In the Loft
She rattles off a clatter up the ladder as she writes electric letters to her mother about matters of disaster. When I ask her if she’s mad, she says she doesn’t have it in her. It’s just another...
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3. If I Went on a Diet
If I went on a diet, then would you love me? Even if there were so much less of me than there used to be? When I’m walking down the street I feel you pulling deepest reaches of my spirit, secrets keep...
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4. This Is What I Saw
You spin the earth with your feet when you’re dancing on the ground. Loose bits of dirt kick out, break up the cliffs and tumble down. You sweep up dust and it spirals high, it blocks the moon and it...
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5. What Was I Gonna Do?
Everyman knows everything and everyman’s a fool, but everyman’s got a whole new think coming for when he meets the likes of you. You defy all known statistics and what I pin on you. You’re an atheistic...
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6. And Again I Felt Rich
And everyone is happier with everyone, and again, I felt rich. I had enough to leave me holding on, and again, I felt rich. When you’ve found a savior, how much should you save, and how much should you...
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7. The Envelope Pushes Back
We transferred in Stamford, anticipating our New Canaan. Excuse the interruption of your reveries, but the conductor’s been instructed to give this decree: The powers who deem profitability have asked...
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8. The Second Coffer
It was the better bet to offer what was in the second coffer when it came down to it. The first one croaked just like a frogger and the third one had an odor that was easy to resist. But you reckoned...
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9. Tomorrow I'll Change
I saw the first light shining off the buildings through the window while you were still reclining, and I saw you get up and I saw you deciding what to wear to your job that you should be resigning. I...
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10. Ceiling Fan
Oh, let’s say you weren’t all the trouble that you are. Let’s pretend to forget the broken cars and totaled hearts. Let’s just say the pain was blameless and it was nobody’s fault. But then it’d be...
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11. (Do) The Curfew
You’re late, for what I do not know, but I stayed up in the kitchen waiting for you to come home. On the garage and on the porch, the lights aglow, and the clock has rested its case upon the stove....
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12. The Terror Door
There’s a terror door to this room, letting in a cold, cold draft. Don’t go through it or we’re through. You ain’t never comin’ back. And we’ll fade away, fade away in time. Just visualize the proof: I...
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13. Pardon Your French
I was laying candles on the mantel while you put on the negligee. There was no reason there should be a scandal if the injured party’s gone away. What was that sheen I seen, pictures of him? Thought...
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15. Keep It with You
Baby, you’re not getting what you deserve, and it’s getting on my nerves that I’ve shown I can’t give a lot. Baby, I would give you everything to keep you here with me, but you are all that I have got....
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14. Planetarium, parts 1&2
You got lost on the way and wound up at the planetarium, paid five bucks for the headphones and buried yourself in their stereo. Now it’s dark and there are a billion stars in the sky. The...
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