Abby

…then he looked at

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…then he looked at my T-shirt and saw Byron’s picture on it and he quoted She Walks in Beauty, which is like my favorite poem next to the one by Baudelaire about his girlfriend being nothing but worm food, except that Lily called that one first because Baudelaire is her fave poet and so she … Read more

Abby: I could be

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Abby: I could be a slave to your darkest desires. I can do things. Anything you want. Tommy: Well, that’s terrific, because we have a lot of laundry piled up and the apartment is a wreck. Abby: Anything you desire, my lord. I can do laundry, clean, bring you small creatures to quench your thirst … Read more

You heard about, through

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You heard about, through word of mouth, Big Bird is out, he’s in the house. He’s turnin’ up, with Snuffleup, They’re really gettin’ their hustle up. They stick together like Velcro, There Grover go, there’s Elmo. And Cookie Monster there, look he likes To take selfies with his cell phone. They got a homegirl named … Read more

Abby must have been

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Abby must have been the one who found the safe house, because Townsend didn’t like it. The building across the street is under construction, he snarled as soon as we’d carried our bags inside. The elevator has key card access, and I’ve hacked into the surveillance cameras from every system on the block, Abby argued. … Read more