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Resist.
Intransitive verb: to exert force in opposition
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A Broken Mirror
It was a moment, as fleeting as the click of a heel on wood.
It was like looking in a mirror. If the mirror was distorted and cruel in nature.
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Adolescence
Being a kid is like a dream.
You’re riding bikes
and going on hikes in the park.
Nothing is holding you down
‘cept when the day frowns with rainy skies -
The Sun Planet Rover
“Icarus for takeoff, Icarus Rover for take off.”
Icarus. Icarus. It knows that one.
"Icarus for takeoff. Countdown initiation."
Icarus. It knows that one.
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Teenager Pandemic
Irritation bubbles and boils and brews,
bakes into the stomach lining,
infects the red flesh with greenish huesit works its way up and up,
malady clambering, climbing
toward the beating hub
Loves
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I’ll Say It: I Hate Our President
I’ll say it: I hate our president
All my life, people have written me off as
“different”
“possessed” and
“antisocial”
And while yes
I am different
I am not possessed
I am disabled
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Not Quite What I Imagined
I always dreamed that my life would be like it is in books.
Little did I know that would later come true.
It’s not quite what I imagined, though. -
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Parenting Lessons
always carry your keys between your middle and ring finger
never have your wallet visible
don't listen to music in public
everyone's a stranger
you're our child; don't scare us.
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B O N E S
These are my bones-
Perfectly structured, pristine white.
Here, take my skull, that forever grinning phantom reminder,
And keep it in the gold chest that sits by your fireplace.
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we are the future.
in the halls, we lean against the bulletin boards
and whisper of the latest news, last night's breaking, articles snagged
in the moments before leaving for school. lots of adults
think we are too young to understand
