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Mary Karr
slipshod
(en)
(adjective) wearing loose shoes or slippers / (adjective) down at the heel; shabby / (adjective) careless slovenly
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doing so felt like the first true and good act I'd managed in my whole slipshod life
about feeding her son
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doing so felt like the first true and good act I'd managed in my whole slipshod life
about feeding her son
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keloid
(en)
(noun) a thick scar resulting from excessive growth of fibrous tissue
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no keloid scars from boiling water
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no keloid scars from boiling water
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caul
(en)
(noun) the large fatty omentum covering the intestines (as of a cow, sheep, or pig) / (noun) the inner fetal membrane of higher vertebrates especially when covering the head at birth
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My granny back in Tennessee was born with the web of a caul over her head like a wedding veil
quoting the terrifying guy who "rescues" her in his car
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My granny back in Tennessee was born with the web of a caul over her head like a wedding veil
quoting the terrifying guy who "rescues" her in his car
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aegis
(en)
(noun, Greek mythology) protective mantle of Zeus given to Athena
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the first poems of mine that ever saw print were sent out under Etheridge's aegis, in envelopes he paid postage on
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the first poems of mine that ever saw print were sent out under Etheridge's aegis, in envelopes he paid postage on
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blowsy
(en)
(adjective) having a sloppy or unkempt appearance or aspect
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My half sister turned out to be a blowsy L.A. blonde
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My half sister turned out to be a blowsy L.A. blonde
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fractious
(en)
difficult to control; unruly; irritable and quarrelsome
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To make us appear even more fractious
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To make us appear even more fractious
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culvert
(en)
(noun) a transverse drain
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I come to the culvert I had on the night of the assault imagined my blue corpse floating in
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I come to the culvert I had on the night of the assault imagined my blue corpse floating in
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canted
(en)
in a slanting or oblique position
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But every aspect of my existence has canted me in a dark space.
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But every aspect of my existence has canted me in a dark space.
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lucent
(en)
(adjective) glowing with light; luminous / (adjective) marked by clarity or translucence; clear
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The boundaries of my skin grow thin as I kneel there squinting my eyes shut. For a nanosecond, I am lucent.
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The boundaries of my skin grow thin as I kneel there squinting my eyes shut. For a nanosecond, I am lucent.
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lapidary
(en)
relating to stone and gems and the work involved in engraving, cutting, or polishing
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I type it with a jeweler's lapidary care
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I type it with a jeweler's lapidary care
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