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21 " Carmen blinked and shuddered like someone chewing a lemon ring, enduring a throat culture, challenging a habanero mano-a- mano. “Unbelievable.” She spat the word out. "
― , Between the Shadow and the Soul
22 " Hung in the air like fart gas in an elevator, insecurity in a prom ballroom, guilt around a police lineup. "
23 " She pinched her lips tight together, like someone considering a foul smell, three-legged dog, ugly baby. "
24 " Studied all year and wrote in my journal like a nun works a Rosary, dog with a new bone, bee in his hive’s back room. "
25 " Washed-out like last year’s swimsuit. "
26 " Vanished like inhibitions at a bachelorette party. "
27 " Her brown eyes flashed like headlamps on a police cruiser, cameras at a Superbowl kickoff, lightning over Frankenstein’scastle. "
28 " The flesh of her butt jiggled like water-filled beach balls, oil drops dangling from a soupspoon, oversized Jell-O dessert cups. "
29 " Poetry comes out of you like a pot of oatmeal boiling over. "
30 " Could be an amazing product, sell like condoms at a high school prom, donuts at a police convention, sunscreen on a Caribbean crush ship. "