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Bad Moon by
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Prompted By Cold War Coping

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I'd run, trying frantically to find a place to hide, while it implacably followed me, laughing.
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Names Have Meaning by
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Prompted By Inequality

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A family down the block from us took in foster kids.
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My Brown-eyed Girl by
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Prompted By Concerts

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Van Morrison might have done me a huge favor. He certainly didn't mean to, but some things work out for the best if given enough time.
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Exit 14A by
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Prompted By My Hometown

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But I wasn't raised in Jersey City.
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Mario! by
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Prompted By Big Fan

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My extreme introvert's response was to focus on solitary sports like bicycling and track, and on pastimes that none of us could actually play.
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Kindertotenlieder* by
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Prompted By Advertising Jingles and Slogans

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"You're right....with Eversharp!"
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The Evil Luncheonette by
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Prompted By First Memory

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Down there among the warehouses, trucking firms and junk yards that populated the Jersey City side of the Bay was a working-man's bar and luncheonette.
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TBI by
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Prompted By Reconnecting

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I've heard that with a true friend, absence means little.
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The Exploding Lab Bench by
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Prompted By How We Met

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The fact that she is tall, shapely and extremely attractive was not lost on me....
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Egrets in Morning Sunlight by
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Prompted By Hello Darkness

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The trees, bushes and brush would give me plenty of privacy to do what I needed to do.
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