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An "Addict" - Star A.
Wasting money on rehab, Getting diagnosed as crazy Knowing damn well those that try to help me Are just as crazy as me. We all got...
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May 21, 20211 min read
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Star A. Star A. lives in Houston, TX. She is currently studying at HCC to get an associate degree in English/Writing and will then...
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May 10, 20211 min read
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Black Daddy - Ukeme Inyangotu
Daddy, Daddy Where are you now? Do you not love me anymore? Was I not good enough? Daddy, Daddy Do you ever miss me? Like me, Do you feel...
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May 9, 20211 min read
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Time - Emily Scholl
Her eyes were like Amber of the sun Flames that warmed you with every touch The fire that blazed from her once lit every darkened corner...
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May 9, 20211 min read
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I Found Love and Freedom - Dominique Hodge
I loved you, but I love me more. I chose me; I am my own Alpha. I was a caged bird, but now I fly free. My love for me is an...
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May 9, 20211 min read
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EVOL - Marvin Jackson
No person can soothe me from your touch, Yet I am fighting to breathe when I am with you. You never take my breath away, But still manage...
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May 8, 20211 min read
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The Bloody Episode - Linda Moreno
Blaring painfully once again from the radio "A Slice of Murder" incoherently Bouncing stupidly between frequency interference Grumbling,...
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May 8, 20211 min read
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Forgive, but Don't Forget - Laura Smith
Listen while I tell you about a hypocrite Who fooled many with her rhetoric To those vulnerable ones who do not believe I will not allow...
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May 8, 20211 min read
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We Are Our Problems - Ladan Mahadale
Brought by humanity's greed, More terrifying than your nightmares, It'll snatch your soul, For humans have a corrupt heart. The sinful...
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May 8, 20211 min read
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Your a Monster - Kimberly Hoang
A funny text with the wrong use of you're that demands me to bow down and kiss his foot, that declares I am pure evil. A monster? Is it a...
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May 8, 20211 min read
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The First Encounter - Kaneez Fatima Palijo
This story of the earth is as old as our story, as old as the dawn of the first day and night. This story of the sky is woven in the...
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May 8, 20211 min read
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Sunken - Jillian Belliveau
chain a weight to my ankles. take the air from my lungs. wrap my limbs with seaweed ropes. blind my open eyes with dusty water. sink sink...
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May 8, 20211 min read
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Ode to the Barking One - Elizabeth Higginbotham
I keep hoping you will be there. But everyday I open the same door, And there are no more cheerful wags. Toys sit by, untouched. Late...
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May 5, 20212 min read
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