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  You're Gone

  

  By Vangog, Sterling, VA

  my heart is pounding blood in my ears everything around me is just a blur. my head feels light. my chest feels so tight. i can barely breathe. i feel sick to my stomach at the thought of you. it’s not hate that grips me nor lovesickness not a disease at all. it is pain and fear...
• Fiction > Romance
  Raindrops

  

  By Vangog, Sterling, VA

  I slam the door shut, breathing as heavily as though I’ve just run a mile. My heart is pounding so furiously I fear it will burst, my eyes blink furiously, keeping tears at bay, and my hands are trembling. I can feel it pulsing through me. It is raging, fighting to get out of me; I don’t know w...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  Pescara

  

  By Vangog, Sterling, VA

  The plate was set down in front of me. I kept my face blank as best as I could as Luigi put plates down in front of my parents and uncle, knowing that, as the oldest, I could not react, even though my sisters recoiled noticeably. “It’s a head,” said seven-year-old Cate bluntly, pointing at ...
• Nonfiction > Memoir
  Grandma's House

  

  By Vangog, Sterling, VA

  I remember it well. The smell of the house. Throwing snowballs at cars. Playing Funny with my cousins. The special soup. The pitzel tin in the cupboard. Opening presents on Christmas Eve—why wait till the next day? The long table in the basement. Making pasta for dinner. Building a sign. Nailing i...
• Poetry > All Poetry
  Metamorphosis

  

  By Vangog, Sterling, VA

  I’m all wrong. I’m out of place. Can’t do a thing but hide my face. I opened my heart Showed them my soul I got back laughs They called me a fool. “Don’t think of trying Or moving on. It’s too much work. You’re not that strong.” All I know Is that nobody wants me. It’...
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  Locked!

  

  By Vangog, Sterling, VA

  Glance, Watch, 3:45 Watch, 3:45, Half Hour 3:45, Half Hour, Run Half Hour, Run, Home Run, Home, Front Door Home, Front Door, Locked! Front Door, Locked, Confused Locked, Confused, Doorbell Confused, Doorbell, Silence Doorbell, Silence, Pocket Silence, Pocket, Key Pocket, Key—Gone Key, ...