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• Poetry > Free Verse
  Purple Skates

  

  By mailakahon, Old Saybrook, CT

  12. This is how many minutes it took to convince my mom to let me dress myself for school. Clad in an army jacket four sizes too big and a pink tutu that did nothing for my figure. “I like it,” She smiled. “Looks stupid.” (My sister.) 24 dollars and 99 cents. That’s h...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  Directions To Where I Live

  

  By mailakahon, Old Saybrook, CT

  Start out on a winding back road in southern Connecticut where the trees lean over the street in anticipation of falling mid-storm. Run around in the yard in nothing but your underwear and catch raindrops on your tongue. Watch your big brother hide gold coins in the lawn and tell you it's a scavenge...