Writing

Man at desk with black birds
["Asgardian Seagulls," digital art by cedar, YWP]
  • A Hug of People

    We didn't know the guy 

    in the truck 

    who's that guy? 

    my sister asked, 

    and I wondered if city people 

    expected to know everyone 

    they saw around town. 

  • In the Dark, We Wait

    Content Warning: This details my experience during a school lockdown that we presumed at the time to be an active shooter (it was not). There is no actual violence in this; there is only the dread of not knowing.

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  • News

    Ice caps are melting,

    According to the news,

    Which I’ve stopped reading,

    Because I don’t want to hear about the

    Melting ice

    Underneath the polar bears feet,

    Not when I see enough