Rumor has it the lake is a graveyard, she says.
There are bones down there, tumbled smooth and
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Rumor has it the lake is a graveyard, she says.
There are bones down there, tumbled smooth and
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Abuelo is dying.
He has been dying for a while, some odd quantity of months.
I have learned that like plants, humans can wither so quickly.
One day, we are so healthy our flowers are fully
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when the morning still
brought mist and sweatshirts
hot coffee in mugs
of every shape and
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The empty street seemed brighter than it had a few hours earlier and my eyes began to adjust. Maybe it seemed that way because I had spent the last two hours watching a movie. Or the sun had just ... [+]
Who knows how the rumor started?
The whistle shrieks. "Out," Armena Mint, Four Square Captain, declares.
Maybe some boy made it up—you know how they are.
"What? How? The ball
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JANUARY 2020. 7234 miles from Chicago, China reports the first death from a novel coronavirus. There is no evidence it can spread among humans.
I'm commuting to school and two women on the train are
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They walked along the trail
in their own rhythm
even the flies landed on their faces
I
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Alyssa's pulses were getting weaker and weaker. A bed near the wall with a magpie painting which Alyssa was lying on. Evans looked at his watch, he realized it had been twenty-six hours since Alyssa's ... [+]
I was perched on a bench outside Burge Residence Hall in an effort to look as pretentious as possible. My old friend Amelia called me as I read a book of poetry with my legs daintily crossed, my coat ... [+]
My name is Mary Delores Archie; I also carry my Indian name Hoshi meaning Raven. I am Shuswap from the Canim Lake Band and a Shishalh member of the Sechelt Nations people. I was born in the generation ... [+]
Little brothers are annoying, aren't they? They're messy and whiny, god so whiny. They take your things without asking, they're...endlessly loud. That afternoon, my half-brother was the quietest he'd ... [+]