...if anyone bothered to search through the laurel bordering the asphalt he'd surely find handfuls of teeth that were said to give the laurel its odd milky color, ivory with a pale pink edge, each blossom forming the shape of a bitter man's mouth.

“She wishes she had time to run around the block once or twice; maybe then she w…”

“Feel lucky for what you have when you have it. Isn't that the point? Happily ev…”

“I didn’t want to be prideful anymore. I wanted to be as hard as and brittle as …”

“The river runs every shade of blue that has ever been known to humankind: ink a…”