We may not all don crowns on our heads, but we all clothe ourselves in underwear. Underwear, I would argue, grants one as much power as—if not more power than—the jewel-encased headgear worn by ... [+]
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We may not all don crowns on our heads, but we all clothe ourselves in underwear. Underwear, I would argue, grants one as much power as—if not more power than—the jewel-encased headgear worn by ... [+]
When I got home, mom was already cooking dinner. The aroma of oxtail stew traveled faster than her voice, sickening me a little in a humid summer evening. “How was the tutoring?” It was terrible ... [+]
Life ongoing
Tumor unknowing
Just Breathe.
Adventures halting
Tests assaulting
Just
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I didn’t know where to start, so I tried writing this poem like an essay- organized, structured ... [+]
There are no cars, you’re only imagining, her husband scolds. Just go a little slower, Reina wants to say, but she knows it is not a woman’s place to say such bold things. He knows what he’s ... [+]
I am standing over a newly dug open grave.
Under the beautiful blue sky, in Nigeria,
The sun
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I hear there’s a spring
filled with mountain blood.
And when you drink from it
you
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Branches swing against my windowpane
A repetitive movement that slows in the summer
And
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Loneliness.
You didn’t expect it to come at all.
You liked it at first—you were finally alone! You could finally catch up on your hundred hours of missed sleep. You no longer needed to
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Unfortunately, time has stopped.
This may surprise you, because time is seemingly omnipresent and has governed our lives for so long, but the thing about time is that it’s completely
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