Free Sleeping with the Dictionary by Harryette Mullen Page A

her hair. Her wet hair. He makes her a gift of his solitude. Solitude is something she misses. He takes hers with him when he leaves. She goes out for short walks, looking at sidewalks. He takes her to mountains and deserts. He seeks out old trees. They walk until she ’s out of breath. “Chill,” he says, and she feels cold, suddenly noticing the air.

Hitched to a Star
    Quantum mechanics fixed my karma wagon
    Gypsies want to hold my hand
    Dr. Duck recommends
    soap and ream therapies
    With remedies like these
    who needs friends?

Jinglejangle
    ab flab abracadabra Achy Breaky Action Jackson airy-fairy airfare
    Asian contagion analysis paralysis Anna banana ants in your pants
    Annie’s Cranny Annie Fanny A-Okay ape drape argle-bargle artsy-fartsy awesome blossom
    backpack backtrack Bahama Mama balls to the wall bam-a-lam bandstand
    Battle in Seattle beat the meat bedspread bee’s knees behani ghani best dressed
    best in the West BestRest Best Western Betsy Wetsy Better Cheddar Big Dig bigwig
    bird turd black don’t crack blackjack blame game boho boiling oil
    Bone Phone Bonton Bony Maroni boob tube boogie-woogie boohoo book nook
    boon coon Bot’s dots Boozy Suzy bowl of soul bow-wow boy toy brace face
    brain drain bric-a-brac bug jug bump on the rump Busty Rusty
    cachi-bachi caffe latte cake bake candy’s dandy Care Bear cash for trash Cat in the Hat
    chalk talk Chatty Cathy cheers & jeers cheaper to keep her cheat sheet Chester the molester
    chewy gooey chick flick Chilly Willy chips & dips chitchat chock-a-block
    Choco Taco chop shop chrome dome Chubby Hubby Chuck & Buck chugalug Chunky Monkey
    cigar bar Cinni Mini claptrap Click & Clack clink-clank clipclop Coca-Cola cock block
    cock doc cock sock cookbook Cool Yule Cracker Jack crack shack crack’s wack creature feature
    crick-crack crinkly wrinkly crisscross crop top crumb bum Crunch ’n Munch
    culture vulture curly-whirly
    date rape deadhead deep sleep dikes on bikes dilly-dally ding-a-ling ding-dang dingle-dangle
    ding-dong dirty birdy Dizzy Lizzy dog log Don Juan Donut Hut double trouble downtown dramarama drape shape dream team Dress for Success drill & kill
    drip-drop drunk skunk dry eye
    eager beaver Earl the Pearl easy greasy Eat a Pita eenie-meenie Etch-a-Sketch
    Evel Knievel Even Stephen Eye in the Sky
    fag hag fair share Fakin’ Bacon fancy pants Fast Gas fat cat Fax Pax Fay Wray
    fender bender fews & twos fiddle-faddle fight or flight Fiji file or pile fill the bill fine line
    finer diner fine wine Flavor Saver Fleet Street flim-flam flip-flop Flirty Gerty Flo Jo
    flower power flub-dub fly-by fly-by-night fly guy fogdog four-door four-on-the-floor
    Foxy Roxy frat rat Freaks & Geeks freaky-deaky free bee frick & frack
    fried, dyed, laid to the side fright night Froot Loops FuBu fuck a duck fuddyduddy
    fungus among us fun in the sun funny money fur burger fuzzy wuzzy
    gal pal gang bang gas grass or ass gator bait gay for pay Geechee gender bender
    Georgie Porgie gewgaw gherkin jerkin gibber-jabber glad pad gloom & doom goof proof
    googly-moogly Gorgeous George gory story Greeks & geeks Greek Week green bean
    Green Jeans grinning & skinning
    Hackensack hackmatack hackysack hair care hairy fairy Handy Andy
    handy dandy hanky-panky hari-kari Happy to Be Nappy harum-scarum
    haunch & paunch haste makes waste heart smart Heckle & Jeckle heebie-jeebies
    Hegel’s Bagels hell’s bells helter-skelter Henny Penny herky-jerky heyday hickory-dickory
    hi-fi higgledy-piggledy high & dry hinky dinky hip hop hippy dippy hobnob hobo
    Hobson-Jobson hockey jockey hocus-pocus hodgepodge hoi polloi hoity-toity
    HoJo Hokey Pokey holy mole holy moley Home Alone honey bunny Hong Kong honky-tonk
    hoodoo hooked on books hook or crook hootchie-kootchie hotch-potch Hotel No Tell hot pot
    hot shot Hottentot How now brown cow hubbub Hubba Bubba hubble-bubble Huckabuck
    huff & puff hugger mugger Huey, Dewey, Louie Hully Gully humdrum hump &