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  Self Sufficiency

  

  By jah94, Raleigh, NC

  Pushed out head first into this world as a daughter of god puréed biblical passages in baby food canisters, a little stomach, the size of the baby's fist, still growled in hunger The infant wore doll clothes sanctimony cradled, rocked and poisoned the newlyborn; growing up tiny...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  Volcanic Embarrassment

  

  By jah94, Raleigh, NC

  The highway connecting my mouth to my brain is experiencing a traffic jam. The semis are taking up all my lanes, clogging my thoughts with exhaust and squeaky breaks. The words slept in late, and the trucks that are supposed to haul those coherent sentences to my mouth are waiting in lines of miles ...
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  "Us Girls"

  

  By jah94, Raleigh, NC

  Why do we really think nice thoughts deep down inside, but only expel those cruel, judgmental words that we let others manipulate us into saying? Why do we constantly want and want and want and want, when we should appreciate where our abilitiy to desire comes from: our ability to live. Why do...