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The Elegy of Miss Scarlet
"What are you afraid of? A fate worse than death?" - Professor Plum Soft sun cracks the dark heart of night, and the morning comes, pushing light into the wounds, offering a fresh start for her bruised heart. Her heart that always meant well, always meant love, it just seemed to break before it got there. Her entire life, she's wanted to take life and shake the shit out if it, but instead, she puts the revolver into her mouth. It triggers a memory. When she was young, sh
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Dec 14, 20251 min read
Grandmomma
When I cannot stand I pray to her When I am dying I pray to her And she comes to pick me up To breathe life back into me Blood of my blood in the eternal covenant Cycle of souls Blessed is she who comes in the name of love For it is she who has veted interest in my salvation Because your God He never comes through He turns his cheek And he laughs And she tells him," Bless your poor little heart." And she flies the bird behind his back.
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Dec 14, 20251 min read
Good Men in Old Flannels
(this is my rip on Bukowski's "quiet, clean girls in gingham dresses..." a piece of work I loved so much I needed to possess it in some...
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Mar 31, 20231 min read
4am
blow me out and extinguish the moon as calloused fingers would smother a wick pull me into you in the frost of dawn and I will hide...
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Dec 18, 20221 min read


Sneak Peak from The Hanging Night! (collab YA novel with Sasha Hibbs)
Are our souls connected with those we love? Have they always been? Find out in The Hanging Night! Until then, enjoy a snippet: You...
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Jul 5, 20221 min read
A Cold and Broken Hallelujah
The sky is falling. And God is letting it. Because He can. Because He doesn't care... not anymore. He dreamed of pulling a virgin against...
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Jul 5, 20222 min read
You'll Never Be Free
I am gun powder in an hour glass, waiting. I am broken glass in the candy bowl, waiting. I am razor wire in the wild flowers, waiting. I...
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May 8, 20221 min read


In Love's Uneven Remainders, There Lie the Fractions of a Whole
I wander my room, drinking tequila for breakfast, dancing without music. Tuneless, rhythmless swaying against morning sunlight coming...
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Apr 20, 20221 min read


He Called Her Desire - 2/8/22
Ever wonder what broke the heart of God? He Called Her Desire If grief is the price of love. If love is the opposite of death. Is there...
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Feb 8, 20222 min read


2/6/2022 - Sunday Morning Coming Down
Our beds our crowded. Our reflections are fragile shadows. Our lives are spent burying memories. Our best kisses are earthquakes. You...
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Feb 6, 20221 min read


onetwentyfive thoughts... 2/5/22
When the same fire that lights your way burns your house to the ground… (Do you still bask in its warmth?) When you wake up realizing...
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Feb 5, 20221 min read


January 21, 2022 - Inadequacy
When she comes, she rises beneath him, back arched against twisted sheets, her heart to his chest, and when her heart doesn’t feel his,...
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Jan 21, 20223 min read


Through the Tik Tok You Don't Stop
Life, over time, grinds down the soul, and belief becomes the casualty. You can only save the ones capable of believing. The ones who...
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Jan 20, 20224 min read


January 18, 2022 - Swan Song
It’s as though in that first time together (on the second round of firsts), as the hidden song on our mixtape played, I married you in...
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Jan 18, 20221 min read


January 18, 2022 - Memory
We sort through the wreckage, searching for something salvageable between the pieces of what is left. Any relic. Any artifact. A...
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Jan 18, 20221 min read


January 17, 2022
The shaking of your legs peels back my sleep in layers. You throw off the covers, toss yourself out of bed, stubbing your toe on the...
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Jan 17, 20221 min read


January 16, 2022
Shots sound, bullets break through the sky, and, one by one, pieces of her life fall, cloud blood trailing behind. Through the holes,...
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Jan 16, 20221 min read


January 15, 2022
Once upon a time, in a land not so far as you think from home, there lived a girl. When no one was looking, she grew into a woman. One...
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Jan 16, 20222 min read


Sneak peak from an upcoming collaboration with another local author...
Caius From the time I could remember, I loved the rush of stealing. The first time I did it, I was eight-years-old. My mom was in a...
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Sep 3, 20213 min read


Inspiration from a job application
"Revisit a favorite memory and tell us about it." Music. It makes the soundtrack to life, you know? Picture any time period in your...
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Sep 3, 20213 min read
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