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Ten Twenty-One

Passed out at 21.

Stewed in utero.

A born drunk.

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Ten Twenty

Evelyn turned twenty, missed her teens, and the subtracting began.

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Ten Nineteen

She said, “sorry” — he said, “pardon?” — as the airplane crashed.

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Ten Eighteen

Rock.

Rope.

Tying.

Throwing.

Bleeding.

Falling.

Grasping.

Clenching.

Hitting.

Bleeding.

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Ten Seventeen

A bomb here.

A hanging there.

Another war, another bother.

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Ten Sixteen

Dr. Phil, Oprah, Judge Judy.

Advertising for a crumbling humanity.

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Ten Fifteen

She awakens.

Chest thumping.

A warm hand cools the chills.

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Ten Fourteen

Creeping from the sea.

Expanding in the sun.

Death begins.

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Ten Thirteen

Thirteen — looking for love above and below — settled for zero.

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Ten Twelve

Medea, hating her husband, murdered their children in his stead.