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Noelle had decked the halls with boughs of holly and now she just wanted fa la la la into a wine glass and a hot bath. Instead of a ratty bathrobe and Forensic Files, Noelle was at Frosty’s Bar &Grill with a pitcher of cheap beer and stale popcorn. It was JoJo’s going away party.
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“Delivery!” Chase’s cheery baritone rang from the half open Dutch back door and flitted around Holly’s kitchen.Holly startled and tossed a sifter of powdered sugar up into the air. The stovetop, the counters, and her pert nose were all covered in a sugar cloud. She frowned. Chase snickered. She scowled then burst into peals of
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Buried deep under well-loved green hardbackswirled in serifs of gold leaf still brightNeither dead nor forgotten not lostbut waiting to take rootfirst a primal cracka tenacious root pale and hungrybut willing to split rockfinds its purchasethen the unfurlingtremulous trembling green spearheading through sun-warmed earththere isgreen just beneath the surface before the crack of the majestic
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“I don’t think I can,” Juniper said, her voice wavering.“Well then it is a good I know you can. Now buck up, buttercup,” Rowena said. “Focus.”The witches locked fingers. The round walnut table where their hands linked trembled. Overhead the kitchen light swayed. Juniper squeezed her eyelids closed. A whiff of ozone snapped and writhed.“Breathe,
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Dear Vaugh, I know you’ve missed my letters and cards. I admit I was angry. Forgive me baby. I had been so looking forward to Moonlight Boulevard. I wasn’t like those vicious critics always mocking and making nasty little jokes. I believe in your talent. I knew you would break out of the cutesy kid
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I’ve been everywhere Once I was litheStrong limbs that leapt and pirouettedLook at my dancer’s feet I wanted to go everywhere Detoured by reckless loveOnly got in trouble for my troublesLook I was beginning to show I was known everywhere Above the fold bold headlinesTo a footnote in a plywood trunkLook what’s become of me
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