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I stand in the doorway to the garage, a cup of steaming coffee between my chilled hands. The sun is barely up over the hills to the east and this November morning is crisp and brittle in forty …

She has time in her pocket and God on speed dial, both of which she got while dying on the kitchen floor. Now Forever is her kingdom and the only thing she fears is her daughter going to a big …

The damp sand curled in between my toes, molding around them like plaster of Paris. This was the first time I’d been back to this beach, to this country even, since she’d left. She left with a …

Sunshine ghosts in on waves of tumbling dust
To press soft morning kisses to freckled cheeks,
As brown curls fall over nightmare hushed lids
Which hide blue-eyed dreams from the sunrise.

…

Your eyes are the color of dirt,
Not very pretty, but full of life.
When you giggle, they get smaller
And turn into glittering beetle bugs.

When you’re angry, they harden,
Becoming slats…

Life is hard; any old fool could tell you that. It’s full of ups and down like friend drama, your mom hating you, and cancer. It wears on a person after awhile and then all they feel like doing…

Feather soft bones reach out
As you lay on your bed, lost in the cloud
Not a thought goes out to the pain
Rippling through the small body you’ve made lame

A grin spread wide
Splitting ch…

The bottle was dusty except for the place on the neck where her fingers had wrapped around it. Even now she ran a fingertip along the label, a whimsical sigh slipping between her lips.

"Char…

"You’re doing it wrong."

I look up from the towel I was folding to my older brother’s angry face. "Doing what wrong? I’m folding towels." I go back to my business; first folding it in half t…

The man was probably thirty, which was the normal age for a human to become sentimental towards a child. His throat was cut and one foot was bare, three of the toes cut off.

I know it seems nonsensical
Like Dr. Seuss spit on your brain
And it is only theoretical
But you must listen to the pain

As you feel your chest sag
And your soul perish from life
Do not…

I can feel the hate raining down
Smearing the make up on the face of a clown
Stars will turn to teardrops
As your disappointment falls to the ground
And turns me backwards and around

[Ch…

Melanie put her hand into her mouth, feeling around the cavern for where her voice went. She found the conclusion she knew she’d meet, but that didn’t mean it came easier to her. She pulled her…

Wake up. Wake up. It’s time to wake up.

My eyelids peel back and moonlight stabs at the revealed pupils, drowning them in white pain. I throw a hand over my face as I pull myself from the…

Adam kissed each crystalline tear as it fell from Emma’s eyes. When the tears dried up, he pressed his lips to hers, the salt from her tears slipping into the cracks of her chapped mouth.

"I…

Moccasin feet shift against the earth
Weathered hands feed fire beyond the hearth
Smoke sends praise to Wanka Tanka
As mouths feast upon tatanka

Under the moon elders will share
Tales to…

"I can’t get up."

I rolled my eyes as I crawled on the bed beside my best friend. Molly was known for being dramatic about almost everything ranging from her morning tea to the bell ringing …

Dylan’s eyes flashed with anger as God came down and kissed my forehead. I could feel his lips against my skin, warm and wet like blood. He was taking me home.

They usually don’t put me in this office. Andrew said it’s because of space issues that I’m lodged in here today, waiting ever-so patiently for my manager.

I tap my fingertips on the table a…

When people ask what it feels like to be in love, it’s always hard to put it into words. You can say that your stomach feels like there are millions of butterflies set loose in it, your legs fe…