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1 | |||
2 | my | ||
3 | anger | ||
4 | is | ||
5 | like | ||
6 | a | ||
7 | peach | ||
8 | he | ||
9 | said | ||
10 | he | ||
11 | was | ||
12 | trying | ||
13 | to | ||
14 | show | ||
15 | how | ||
16 | metaphors | ||
17 | could | ||
18 | be | ||
19 | anything | ||
20 | i | ||
21 | thought | ||
22 | it | ||
23 | worked | ||
24 | i | ||
25 | wrote | ||
26 | it | ||
27 | down | ||
28 | in | ||
29 | my | ||
30 | red | ||
31 | notebook | ||
32 | in | ||
33 | my | ||
34 | other | ||
35 | class | ||
36 | there | ||
37 | was | ||
38 | a | ||
39 | long | ||
40 | discussion | ||
41 | about | ||
42 | the | ||
43 | difference | ||
44 | between | ||
45 | metaphor | ||
46 | and | ||
47 | simile | ||
48 | as | ||
49 | they | ||
50 | relate | ||
51 | to | ||
52 | prufrock | ||
53 | i | ||
54 | could | ||
55 | only | ||
56 | think | ||
57 | about | ||
58 | his | ||
59 | peaches | ||
60 | i | ||
61 | wonder | ||
62 | if | ||
63 | he | ||
64 | dared | ||
65 | a | ||
66 | few | ||
67 | years | ||
68 | ago | ||
69 | my | ||
70 | friend | ||
71 | dressed | ||
72 | up | ||
73 | as | ||
74 | j | ||
75 | alfred | ||
76 | prufrock | ||
77 | for | ||
78 | halloween | ||
79 | her | ||
80 | costume | ||
81 | consisted | ||
82 | of | ||
83 | rolled | ||
84 | khaki | ||
85 | trousers | ||
86 | and | ||
87 | a | ||
88 | peach | ||
89 | i | ||
90 | wonder | ||
91 | where | ||
92 | she | ||
93 | found | ||
94 | that | ||
95 | in | ||
96 | october | ||
97 | she | ||
98 | was | ||
99 | annoyed | ||
100 | that | ||
101 | she | ||
102 | had | ||
103 | to | ||
104 | tell | ||
105 | everyone | ||
106 | who | ||
107 | she | ||
108 | was | ||
109 | at | ||
110 | a | ||
111 | writers | ||
112 | party | ||
113 | i | ||
114 | do | ||
115 | not | ||
116 | remember | ||
117 | if | ||
118 | she | ||
119 | ate | ||
120 | that | ||
121 | peach | ||
122 | i | ||
123 | do | ||
124 | remember | ||
125 | the | ||
126 | main | ||
127 | meal | ||
128 | was | ||
129 | spaghetti | ||
130 | that | ||
131 | party | ||
132 | was | ||
133 | held | ||
134 | in | ||
135 | a | ||
136 | house | ||
137 | in | ||
138 | chattanooga | ||
139 | in | ||
140 | the | ||
141 | basement | ||
142 | there | ||
143 | was | ||
144 | a | ||
145 | big | ||
146 | back | ||
147 | yard | ||
148 | where | ||
149 | people | ||
150 | drank | ||
151 | and | ||
152 | talked | ||
153 | and | ||
154 | sat | ||
155 | in | ||
156 | the | ||
157 | darkness | ||
158 | somewhere | ||
159 | someone | ||
160 | was | ||
161 | smoking | ||
162 | weed | ||
163 | with | ||
164 | a | ||
165 | visiting | ||
166 | writer | ||
167 | earlier | ||
168 | that | ||
169 | day | ||
170 | the | ||
171 | writer | ||
172 | had | ||
173 | read | ||
174 | a | ||
175 | poem | ||
176 | about | ||
177 | his | ||
178 | car | ||
179 | accident | ||
180 | a | ||
181 | year | ||
182 | ago | ||
183 | in | ||
184 | georgia | ||
185 | on | ||
186 | the | ||
187 | interstate | ||
188 | it | ||
189 | had | ||
190 | broken | ||
191 | him | ||
192 | pretty | ||
193 | badly | ||
194 | and | ||
195 | his | ||
196 | wife | ||
197 | but | ||
198 | somehow | ||
199 | their | ||
200 | child | ||
201 | was | ||
202 | unharmed | ||
203 | he | ||
204 | said | ||
205 | something | ||
206 | about | ||
207 | the | ||
208 | peach | ||
209 | pit | ||
210 | being | ||
211 | the | ||
212 | one | ||
213 | place | ||
214 | georgia | ||
215 | held | ||
216 | sacred | ||
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218 | said | ||
219 | it | ||
220 | was | ||
221 | the | ||
222 | place | ||
223 | where | ||
224 | all | ||
225 | new | ||
226 | things | ||
227 | grow | ||
228 | i | ||
229 | can | ||
230 | see | ||
231 | how | ||
232 | anger | ||
233 | could | ||
234 | be | ||
235 | like | ||
236 | a | ||
237 | peach | ||
238 | its | ||
239 | juice | ||
240 | runs | ||
241 | out | ||
242 | of | ||
243 | the | ||
244 | mouth | ||
245 | and | ||
246 | down | ||
247 | the | ||
248 | chin | ||
249 | dropping | ||
250 | onto | ||
251 | the | ||
252 | pants | ||
253 | and | ||
254 | staining | ||
255 | them | ||
256 | in | ||
257 | the | ||
258 | same | ||
259 | way | ||
260 | i | ||
261 | can | ||
262 | see | ||
263 | how | ||
264 | anger | ||
265 | is | ||
266 | like | ||
267 | sex | ||
268 | they | ||
269 | are | ||
270 | both | ||
271 | heightened | ||
272 | states | ||
273 | of | ||
274 | emotional | ||
275 | observation | ||
276 | in | ||
277 | atlanta | ||
278 | there | ||
279 | are | ||
280 | something | ||
281 | like | ||
282 | five | ||
283 | or | ||
284 | ten | ||
285 | peachtree | ||
286 | streets | ||
287 | i'm | ||
288 | not | ||
289 | sure | ||
290 | if | ||
291 | they | ||
292 | all | ||
293 | connect | ||
294 | at | ||
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296 | point | ||
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298 | from | ||
299 | what | ||
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308 | some | ||
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314 | same | ||
315 | point | ||
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322 | peach | ||
323 | tree | ||
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328 | tree | ||
329 | of | ||
330 | the | ||
331 | knowledge | ||
332 | of | ||
333 | good | ||
334 | and | ||
335 | evil | ||
336 | i | ||
337 | was | ||
338 | walking | ||
339 | down | ||
340 | one | ||
341 | of | ||
342 | atlanta's | ||
343 | peachtrees | ||
344 | with | ||
345 | my | ||
346 | girlfriend | ||
347 | when | ||
348 | a | ||
349 | man | ||
350 | in | ||
351 | tight | ||
352 | pants | ||
353 | a | ||
354 | runner | ||
355 | jogged | ||
356 | past | ||
357 | us | ||
358 | we | ||
359 | both | ||
360 | agreed | ||
361 | he | ||
362 | had | ||
363 | a | ||
364 | marvelous | ||
365 | ass | ||
366 | i | ||
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368 | annoyed | ||
369 | however | ||
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373 | that | ||
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376 | i | ||
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380 | his | ||
381 | later | ||
382 | we | ||
383 | ate | ||
384 | at | ||
385 | a | ||
386 | taqueria | ||
387 | with | ||
388 | peach-habanero | ||
389 | salsa | ||
390 | my | ||
391 | mother | ||
392 | would | ||
393 | read | ||
394 | to | ||
395 | us | ||
396 | as | ||
397 | children | ||
398 | the | ||
399 | first | ||
400 | real | ||
401 | books | ||
402 | i | ||
403 | remember | ||
404 | the | ||
405 | first | ||
406 | novels | ||
407 | are | ||
408 | island | ||
409 | of | ||
410 | the | ||
411 | blue | ||
412 | dolphins | ||
413 | and | ||
414 | james | ||
415 | and | ||
416 | the | ||
417 | giant | ||
418 | peach | ||
419 | i | ||
420 | do | ||
421 | not | ||
422 | remember | ||
423 | island | ||
424 | of | ||
425 | the | ||
426 | blue | ||
427 | dolphins | ||
428 | as | ||
429 | well | ||
430 | probably | ||
431 | because | ||
432 | no | ||
433 | movie | ||
434 | was | ||
435 | made | ||
436 | of | ||
437 | it | ||
438 | there's | ||
439 | an | ||
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441 | video | ||
442 | rental | ||
443 | store | ||
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466 | chain | ||
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471 | my | ||
472 | sister | ||
473 | would | ||
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475 | two | ||
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479 | the | ||
480 | giant | ||
481 | peach | ||
482 | and | ||
483 | home | ||
484 | alone | ||
485 | 3 | ||
486 | i | ||
487 | was | ||
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489 | allowed | ||
490 | to | ||
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492 | home | ||
493 | alone | ||
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502 | was | ||
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506 | a | ||
507 | potato | ||
508 | cannon | ||
509 | out | ||
510 | of | ||
511 | pvc | ||
512 | pipe | ||
513 | and | ||
514 | a | ||
515 | barbecue | ||
516 | lighter | ||
517 | i | ||
518 | would | ||
519 | load | ||
520 | a | ||
521 | potato | ||
522 | spray | ||
523 | hairspray | ||
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525 | the | ||
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541 | and | ||
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567 | my | ||
568 | eyebrows | ||
569 | and | ||
570 | bangs | ||
571 | in | ||
572 | peach | ||
573 | season | ||
574 | my | ||
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576 | would | ||
577 | bring | ||
578 | home | ||
579 | a | ||
580 | bag | ||
581 | of | ||
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583 | freestones | ||
584 | every | ||
585 | week | ||
586 | or | ||
587 | so | ||
588 | he | ||
589 | always | ||
590 | got | ||
591 | the | ||
592 | cheap | ||
593 | ones | ||
594 | so | ||
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613 | do | ||
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616 | them | ||
617 | anymore | ||
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619 | i | ||
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631 | cheese | ||
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722 | mulberry | ||
723 | and | ||
724 | apple | ||
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726 | for | ||
727 | some | ||
728 | reason | ||
729 | i | ||
730 | find | ||
731 | myself | ||
732 | lost | ||
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734 | a | ||
735 | sinister | ||
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738 | eden | ||
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744 | few | ||
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746 | the | ||
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749 | can | ||
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752 | i | ||
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780 | a | ||
781 | peach | ||