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Quality Control

It’s at that point in the morning where I can’t hold my pee any longer. My bathroom needs cleaning as…

Cancer, Disease, flash fiction, short story, Surrealism, Surrealist Story

Once Bitten

Tokyo is freezing at this time of year. The snow crumbles beneath your feet like broken dreams. I have just…

flash fiction, japan, short story, story, writer, writing community

Claire de Lune

he was always so proud of his new coffee jack, and of how the blood — coffee — filtered through…

depression, grief, love, Poetry, poetry community

Ketchup

one of the first counsellors Isaw told me that he dated apage 3 girl / he got frustratedwith my apparent…

Poetry, poetry community, prose poetry, writing community

Yoni

“That the child is the supreme aim of woman is a statement having precisely the value of an advertising slogan.”…

childless woman, feminism, flash fiction, motherhood, short story, Society, writing community

Book Recommendations 2021 (& Their Cocktails)

Here are books that I recommend that have either come out this year or that I read this year. I…

book recommendations, bookworm, cocktails, indie books, literature, reading

Counting X’s

always looking down down into the gutter where darkness is born. talking’ through my lashes instead of those orbs that…

Poetry, prose poem, sad

lost in the static // Haibun

dead bodies line the edges of the nineties. mourners threw crystal meth inside the coffin instead of soil. they used…

haibun, haiku, Poetry, poetry community, writing community

Self-Portraits, Power, and Haiku

A woman’s power is something to behold. As cruel as this world can be, we can turn a bad situation…

Beauty, Body Issues, diary entry, fatphobia, haiku, mental illness, Poetry

I’ve Been Neglectful

I have been neglecting my books in favour of writing, and I am not happy about this predicament. I have…

bookworm, cocktails, literature, Poetry, reading, rebecca solnit, writing community

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