He loved her
in her snowy white,
blue eyes, bridal flowers,
and 80s hair. That hair,
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On the southern banks of the Susquehanna, when the last dregs of winter were melting away- that’s when I first met my true love. Her name was Susannah Lee, and I had never seen anything quite like ... [+]
When I was six, a seed took root in my body. Though small, it had a profound effect. I was young and naïve, and this new part of me was like a new toy for me to break in. I fed it, watered it and gave ... [+]
I never understood those lines about the naked woman on the roof:
roofs are already perfectly
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Observation: the freckles that map her body are as limitless as the stars in the night sky ... [+]
Carrie Jackson wasn’t a normal child.
Science had always been her favorite subject, studying life and death and the cycle that all things had to go through in some form or another. After weeks
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My father hands me a small box when I arrive for Thanksgiving break. It is from my grandmothe ... [+]
Though I’m always game to try new foods—strange sea creatures boiled in wine, caviar on crackers, beef carpaccio—there’s a solid list of foods I cannot stand, and this makes me feel like a picky ... [+]
Pain never lasts,
Wounds cannot stay--
Only as fading white lines of memory--
All is
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As a child, I assumed that I had done some extraordinary deed to make it on Santa’s platinum edition nice list, which meant presents not only in December, but a bonus delivery during his off-season ... [+]
If I took you on a tour of my childhood, our first stop would be my childhood home, a small place with big memories. I’d show you the attic where my brother and I played or the room we shared. I’d ... [+]