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The Waterbed does New York

When I asked you to write a story
about your afternoon, I meant something
that had actually happened to you.
There is a mighty gap
between creativity and lying.
Waterbeds can not call your bluff,
and can not dislike persimmons.
 
. . .
I mean there is personification
and then there is personification.
 
. . .
And a waterbed’s eyes can most definitely not
‘narrow as though in a Western showdown’!
Do you understand me?!
Yes, Miss.
Personification and personification.
That much is clear.
Certainly.
She doesn’t have to sleep with the damn thing, does she.
 
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Johanna Aitchison
Michele Amas
Angela Andrews
Sarah Barnett
David Beach
Ken Bolton
Jenny Bornholdt
Rachel Bush
Mary Cresswell
Stephanie De Montalk
Cliff Fell
Tom Fitzsimons
Brian Flaherty
David Geary
Bernadette Hall
Kerry Hines
Andrew Johnston
Therese Lloyd
Iggy McGovern
Mary Macpherson
Dora Malech
Vana Manasiadis
Emma Neale
Gregory O'Brien
Lucy Orbell
Zach Savich
Charlotte Simmonds
Marty Smith
Elizabeth Smither
Abby Stewart
Robert Sullivan
Jo Thorpe
Cath Vidler
Louise Wallace  
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