laminated in plastic
"Laminated in Plastic," February 23, 2022 (#54)
title from The Dead Zone by Stephen King (1979)
Silence of the Grave by Arnaldur Indriðason (2001)
The Bhagavad Gita trans. by Eknath Easwaran (2009)
Alive in Necropolis by Doug Dorst (2008)
three lines from The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris (1988)
Laminated In Plastic
There were still paupers in the countryside at that time.
This wisdom will be united with me. For them there is neither rebirth nor
a male laugh that breaks through the sonic wake of the water jets.
"There was no mistaking it," the student said. "I've done autopsy
cash karma," where you do something and pay for it immediately. In these
a corrections officer pushed forward, looked at the body's outflung
billboard image on a space that was blank the previous week except for
how parents managed to keep their children at arm's length until all
resolving deep within themselves to seek Me alone, attain singleness of
mandatory encryption to protect any possible ransom drop from
those who've become their parents, and those who are living the same
heavy cross and the time had come to put it down. At last, after all these
extraordinary powers developed through their disciplines,
he rose in his own time and came forward smoothly in his cage.
They douse their lights and creep quietly toward it, single file.
The pain in her ribcage did not let up and her nose was still
knocking the heads of any bandit fool enough to make a try.
The power of discrimination in those who are intelligent
had never before had such a strong urge or so much zeal.
The decisions of life are many-branched and endless.
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