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Who Am I?
Who am I?
Am I Californian or Indian?
I'm from California, but I also come from Indian descent.
When I choose one over the other, it feels I'm downplaying how important the other is to me.
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The Power Within Us
The Power Within Us
A new year had come. No big fireworks, no bright laughter, not even a small piece of cake: an odd new year.
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Nighttime
Nightime:
By: Shivali H. Patra, California
My eyes drooping.
The night sky, black as paint.
The nocturnal still venture out in
Loves
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My rights reflected
My rights
Are my mirror
They reflect me
They reflect how people think of me
The mirror is small
Just big enough to see my face
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If I could
(Inspired by Astronomy by Conan Gray)
I'd walk you out if I could
Open and close the door ever so gently
Hold your hand as we slowly say goodbye
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pensées sur le chou-fleur
cut the cauliflower, as they cut you
wash the cauliflower, when you wash away your sorrow
sprinkle pepper
sprinkle salt
sprinkle cheese
sprinkle love & home, until it's enough
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A Letter to Congress
I will kneel on broken glass as
my blood stains the pearly sheen so that
you will see I've resorted to my last option: begging
before you (as a woman should be) to rip
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summers before
I haven’t been to upstate New York since I was ten years old and we drove away from our house there without looking back.
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