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  Inverted Insomniac

  

  By skaleidoscope, West Orange, NJ

  I need sleep. Slumber beckons, eyes succumb But the rebellious parasite pokes, pricks, prods Clicks across my skull Propping me up on a bed of arrows Each four inches deep In my back Holding me up, supporting me But draining out my life One drop at a time. Slowly, Agonizingly She awaken...
• Nonfiction > Academic
  Oedipus Rex: The Quintessential Tragic Hero

  

  By skaleidoscope, West Orange, NJ

  A hero revered by his people, a righteous king, and a man plagued by an inflated ego; Oedipus is the epitome of Greek tragic character. It is difficult to imagine a more accursed protagonist in literature than the King of Thebes in Sophocles’s play, Oedipus Rex. The idea of Oedipus’s remarkable...
• Nonfiction > Travel & Culture
  Street Vendor Food: Yay or Nay?

  

  By skaleidoscope, West Orange, NJ

  Globally known as the “city that never sleeps”, New York truly is an incredible metropolis of constant hustle and bustle. And when it comes to a city diet, in keeping with the “on-the-go lifestyle”, native New Yorkers and tourists alike often turn to food that can be both swiftly prepared an...