From f5a19b8432e1b995ce55df5a330d03072ecf55da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Case Duckworth
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 22:24:09 -0700
Subject: Compile new articles to html & river

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+peaches
+my
+anger
+is
+like
+a
+peach
+he
+said
+he
+was
+trying
+to
+show
+how
+metaphors
+could
+be
+anything
+i
+thought
+it
+worked
+i
+wrote
+it
+down
+in
+my
+red
+notebook
+in
+my
+other
+class
+there
+was
+a
+long
+discussion
+about
+the
+difference
+between
+metaphor
+and
+simile
+as
+they
+relate
+to
+prufrock
+i
+could
+only
+think
+about
+his
+peaches
+i
+wonder
+if
+he
+dared
+a
+few
+years
+ago
+my
+friend
+dressed
+up
+as
+j
+alfred
+prufrock
+for
+halloween
+her
+costume
+consisted
+of
+rolled
+khaki
+trousers
+and
+a
+peach
+i
+wonder
+where
+she
+found
+that
+in
+october
+she
+was
+annoyed
+that
+she
+had
+to
+tell
+everyone
+who
+she
+was
+at
+a
+writers
+party
+i
+don't
+remember
+if
+she
+ate
+that
+peach
+i
+do
+remember
+the
+main
+meal
+was
+spaghetti
+that
+party
+was
+held
+in
+a
+house
+in
+chattanooga
+in
+the
+basement
+there
+was
+a
+big
+back
+yard
+where
+people
+drank
+and
+talked
+and
+sat
+in
+the
+darkness
+somewhere
+someone
+was
+smoking
+weed
+with
+a
+visiting
+writer
+earlier
+that
+day
+the
+writer
+had
+read
+a
+poem
+about
+his
+car
+accident
+a
+year
+ago
+in
+georgia
+on
+the
+interstate
+it
+had
+broken
+him
+pretty
+badly
+and
+his
+wife
+but
+somehow
+their
+child
+was
+unharmed
+he
+said
+something
+about
+the
+peach
+pit
+being
+the
+one
+place
+georgia
+held
+sacred
+he
+said
+it
+was
+the
+place
+where
+all
+new
+things
+grow
+i
+can
+see
+how
+anger
+could
+be
+like
+a
+peach
+its
+juice
+runs
+out
+of
+the
+mouth
+and
+down
+the
+chin
+dropping
+onto
+the
+pants
+and
+staining
+them
+in
+the
+same
+way
+i
+can
+see
+how
+anger
+is
+like
+sex
+they
+are
+both
+heightened
+states
+of
+emotional
+observation
+in
+atlanta
+there
+are
+something
+like
+five
+or
+ten
+peachtree
+streets
+i'm
+not
+sure
+if
+they
+all
+connect
+at
+some
+point
+but
+from
+what
+i
+could
+see
+they
+would
+have
+to
+do
+some
+contorting
+to
+get
+to
+the
+same
+point
+i
+like
+to
+think
+a
+giant
+peach
+tree
+grows
+there
+like
+the
+tree
+of
+the
+knowledge
+of
+good
+and
+evil
+i
+was
+walking
+down
+one
+of
+atlanta's
+peachtrees
+with
+my
+girlfriend
+when
+a
+man
+in
+tight
+pants
+a
+runner
+jogged
+past
+us
+we
+both
+agreed
+he
+had
+a
+marvelous
+ass
+i
+was
+annoyed
+however
+when
+she
+confessed
+that
+she
+wished
+i
+had
+one
+like
+his
+later
+we
+ate
+at
+a
+taqueria
+with
+peach-habanero
+salsa
+my
+mother
+would
+read
+to
+us
+as
+children
+the
+first
+real
+books
+i
+remember
+the
+first
+novels
+are
+island
+of
+the
+blue
+dolphins
+and
+james
+and
+the
+giant
+peach
+i
+don't
+remember
+island
+of
+the
+blue
+dolphins
+as
+well
+probably
+because
+no
+movie
+was
+made
+of
+it
+there's
+an
+independent
+video
+rental
+store
+where
+i
+grew
+up
+called
+popcorn
+video
+one
+of
+the
+only
+stores
+i
+went
+to
+in
+my
+hometown
+that
+wasn't
+a
+chain
+every
+time
+we
+went
+my
+sister
+would
+rent
+two
+movies
+james
+and
+the
+giant
+peach
+and
+home
+alone
+3
+i
+wasn't
+allowed
+to
+stay
+home
+alone
+or
+i
+don't
+remember
+it
+until
+i
+was
+fifteen
+i
+built
+a
+potato
+cannon
+out
+of
+pvc
+pipe
+and
+a
+barbecue
+lighter
+i
+would
+load
+a
+potato
+spray
+hairspray
+into
+the
+barrel
+and
+light
+it
+once
+the
+cannon
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+i
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+barrel
+and
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+trigger
+button
+to
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+if
+i
+could
+see
+a
+light
+i
+forgot
+that
+i
+had
+already
+primed
+the
+barrel
+with
+hairspray
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+singed
+my
+eyebrows
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+in
+peach
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+father
+would
+bring
+home
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+bag
+of
+the
+freestones
+every
+week
+or
+so
+he
+always
+got
+the
+cheap
+ones
+so
+they
+were
+usually
+dry
+and
+pithy
+with
+a
+stone
+that
+fell
+apart
+and
+nearly
+broke
+my
+tooth
+i
+don't
+eat
+them
+anymore
+when
+i
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+my
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+would
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+for
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+reason
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+didn't
+think
+this
+was
+common
+knowledge
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+showed
+people
+how
+good
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+when
+we
+went
+to
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+they
+said
+i
+know
+to
+be
+honest
+i'm
+not
+even
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+what
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+and
+a
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+a
+back
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+chattanooga
+i
+also
+know
+what
+a
+cherry
+tree
+looks
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+at
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+of
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+backyard
+at
+home
+as
+well
+as
+mulberry
+and
+apple
+if
+for
+some
+reason
+i
+find
+myself
+lost
+in
+a
+sinister
+garden
+of
+eden
+i'll
+at
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+a
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+i
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+evil
+was
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+maybe
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+luck
+out
+maybe
+it'll
+be
+a
+peach
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