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  Soul Meets Body

  

  By Paty_Padilla, Bloomington, CA

  “I haven’t been happy in a long time.” “Why do you say that, Camilla?” “The list goes on,” I replied apathetically. “I feel like the pictures in front of me have become monochrome—no color. All is black and white. Everything is bleak. When I least expect it, a white burn material...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Obliterate

  

  By Paty_Padilla, Bloomington, CA

  I grab the pink eraser, Start with my toes, Go up to my ankles, Continue to my legs, Ascend to my torso, It’s all gone, Don’t worry, it’s all gone, I move along to my left arm, I’m right-handed, Resume to my chest, And my lifeless face, Now I erase it all, “For big mistakes,”...