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The Banana Bread Legacy
Is it okay that I wish for my grandmother to die?
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We the People Are the Fixers
“We the people”
Encapsulates everyone.
Not those of a certain party
Not those of a certain race
Not those of a certain background
It was purposefully written
To include everyone.
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The Pain of Broken Friendship
A mini-canvas of me and her in a faceless painting style lies face down in the corner of my bookshelf. It took a month or two to turn over, but I still have the canvas. We made it at her house during a sleepover.
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Love
Both love and hate are free, and easy
But love makes people feel good;
Make people feel good.
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Phones
I am with my best friend, at her kitchen table, trying to tell her about a hard time I'm having.
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Camp Feelings
I’m at a seminar, for leadership.
Here, kids are like me: perfectionists, great students, excelling, afraid of not being enough.
Everyday, we scream our heads off to a cheer, O-U-T-S-T-A-N-D-I-N-G.
Loves
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maybe next year I'll remember
December already?
That's what everyone else says.
People ask us at the end
of every year
to reflect on these last twelve months
that have changed us.
And I honestly never know
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cheap blue headphones
Headphones on, life off.
Turn up the sound
to drown out
the deluge of my worries,
let the rhythm burn
my ears, ignore
the sting, because my
cheap blue headphones
bring me
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the power of warm christmas lights
It's two weeks until Christmas
but it sure doesn't feel like it.
The air isn't filled
with the same spirit,
December joys are the
last thing on my mind.
My romanticized holiday season
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