From the monthly archives:

February 2010

The Poison Pill

February 26, 2010

I find myself explaining my depression to people like this: It’s like I unknowingly swallowed a slow-acting poison pill. For the first few days, everything would seem normal. Then one day, my arm would fall off. That would kind of freak me out. I’d look at the hole where my arm had been, and wonder [...]

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Sucked Dry.

February 17, 2010

I’m sitting here at the Academy of Art University student library. I am starting to get an incredible headache, and I think it’s because I’m sitting in my own little sharpie den. You know those cubicles that are in school libraries to help you focus? I swear mine has it’s own ecosystem. I can smell [...]

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A Truly Untitled Poem

February 16, 2010

I wrote this piece for “Poetry Day” at my improv class. It certainly helped me relax into the group. Enjoy! I used to be The one that was loud Wore clothes that would sparkle Stood out from the crowd I used to be The one that would share His entire life story To whoever cared [...]

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Michael

February 16, 2010

The first time I heard his voice, I was in my mother’s office. I pulled an audio-cassette from a rack of audio history she kept. There were songs and tapes from every era – Motown, doo-wap, jazz, what I called “hippie music”, and…him. Well…at least I thought it was a him. Michael Jackson inspired me. [...]

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