Tag: love
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Spring Solace
I walk to local park near my apartment. I settle in, sinking into the grass, feeling enough distance from others that I peel my mask off. I inhale the sweet smell of daisy weeds scattered beside my blanket. The earthy, homey smell of soil beneath my bones. Doesn’t the smell of the seasons transport you…
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Seasick
I pluck him from the Atlantic. I find him drifting in a metal trap, his legs scattering back and forth. He wants a taste of air, I want someone who wears a shell. He is my Maryland blue crab. … Five years later, he is drying up. I can see his gills expanding, aching for…
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Bear
Jacob was leaving and I had no say in the matter. “Every positive trait I have is because of you and every negative trait you have is because of me. That’s why I have to leave… it’s for your own good.” Three days later, I strip our pictures off the walls, leaving small holes in…
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