Category Archives: Three Different Ways

To Oshun, From Margaret’s Daughter

Your skin glistens, draping your form like sun-warmed honey. Full of the sweetness and delights of womanhood. Such beauty kisses you, far finer than the gold and amber you wear. You did not forget your daughter, stolen by the greed of delusioned men. Your comfort wrapped around her even in the strangest of lands. She …

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My Backyard

The wind plays tag with the plump birds in the trees. Chasing them from this branch to that branch. Catching them unaware and laughing as they mutter noisily amongst themselves. The roses bloom all about me. Pouring their scent onto the dancing zephyrs. Hearing the confessions of the bees in exchange for cast off pollen. …

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You Are Here

Everything was white. I couldn’t tell where the floor ended and where the ceiling began. If there was a ceiling. I had yet to encounter a wall. Or chair. Or another person. Or a speck of dirt. Everything was white, glowing white. Except for me. I’m still in the clothes I left for work in. …

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Rising Fire

Settled down. Tucked into bed. At rest feeling the day’s issues slide into the past. Only thinking of the pleasure of sleep. Not considering the troubles that would wake with the dawn. It’s good to rest. To feel the blood in my veins, the air moving in my lungs. Engaged in the symphony of senses. …

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The Call

He watched his roommate pace back and forth for hours. Each time he passed the phone, he would linger for the briefest of moments. Unusually bright eyes caressed each curve and dirt stained buttons. He had tried to get his roommate to sit down, to be distracted by the routine they had built up together. …

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The Call

He watched his roommate pace back and forth for hours. Each time he passed the phone, he would linger for the briefest of moments. Unusually bright eyes caressed each curve and dirt stained buttons. He had tried to get his roommate to sit down, to be distracted by the routine they had built up together. …

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Such A Bright Baby

It squealed the cutest giggles. Every time I gently tossed it playfully above me, its four arms quivered in the pure glee of infants. I knew it for what it was, and didn’t care. I had become the caretaker of the squirmy babe, and I was determined to be the best mother it ever had. …

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Such A Bright Baby

It squealed the cutest giggles. Every time I gently tossed it playfully above me, its four arms quivered in the pure glee of infants. I knew it for what it was, and didn’t care. I had become the caretaker of the squirmy babe, and I was determined to be the best mother it ever had. …

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I Have A Little Poppet Doll

So. Um. Here’s another reason why Keri should wait for the coffee to kick in before getting near any communication device in the morning. Oh Twitter, you suffer my abuses of language, and you do it so well. I have a little poppet doll, she’s made from pretty string. And every time I hold her, …

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I Have A Little Poppet Doll

So. Um. Here’s another reason why Keri should wait for the coffee to kick in before getting near any communication device in the morning. Oh Twitter, you suffer my abuses of language, and you do it so well. I have a little poppet doll, she’s made from pretty string. And every time I hold her, …

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