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Ophelia by Millais (1851)
Why does Ophelia look so calm?
Calm in calamity, peaceful in perishing
Why does she look so calm?
She died in a fit, she died in anger
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Mother's Tongue
Quand j'étais petite j'aimais ma mère,
mais maintenant j'adore la langue de ma mere.Elle parle Français. Moi, je parle anglais
Je fais semblant je ne parle pas Français alors
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In the Sky, Lord, In the Sky
The animals already knew when it happened. They all started dying.
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Parallel
The click, click, click of a camera draws his attention.
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Hovering
a cursor on an empty black screen
an actor alone on stage
there is nothing behind either
one blinks on and off
another blinks rapidly
there is no beginning in this space
before the actor speaks
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Wish on a Star
They didn't say your name at graduation,
there was silence when there should've been you
when we should've been screaming for you
Loves
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New Years 2025
Footprints of tourists painting the sand,
The cries of the ocean berating the land.
Chappell Roan and milestones,
Informing the world we aren’t fighting alone.
Ten teenagers talking til the old year gives way,
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On Forgiving the Dust in My Piano
Dear daughter of Earth,
I am not naked, rose-lipped, chapped and chaste in a poetic caste and silhouetted erotically before sunset and starlight like the Thinker gazing across foreseeable perpetuity.
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Gaslighting in the Medical System: The Darkside of Mental Health Awareness
I am eight. I sit across from my mom in my pediatrician’s office on the paper-covered table. The paper is crinkled and uncomfortable. My mother’s head is cupped in her hands as the pediatrician leaves the room.
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Remembrance
Cracked pavement tells the story that time refuses to forget.
And while tree roots weave their way underneath the ashen pavement,
Time is dripping away from me.
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Assumptions
I hate the fact that so many people make assumptions.
About me.
The “fact” that because I have hearing aids means that I am deaf.
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Case files
It didn’t occur to me, not on the first day, or the second
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If you asked me to describe the job