Coworkers
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“They were all in love with dyin’”
Back Pain & Dream State I woke up with back pain this morning. The sensation seeped into my dream world, creating a moment in panic (both within and outside the dream) that my legs had given out. That they no longer worked for me. That sometime in the night, my spine had snapped and cut Continue reading
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Quietly Queer
When A Stranger Hurts You “It’s protected by free speech,” they told us. “If his sticky-notes came down, they all had to come down.” Fortunately for us, this news came to us after we had taken down the Pride Month display. His sticky-notes, while forever a part of our growing LGBTQIA+ collection, will never see Continue reading
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A Retrospect Pt. 2
I once said that you gave me strength. That every time I spoke out, it was in your voice. So when I left you in the past, I became lost. And this lost-ness is how I defined myself. As I gained weight, I lost the urge to dress like you. To seek out if you Continue reading
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A Retrospect Pt. 1
I thought about you again. In those perfect empty moments past midnight as I lay in bed waiting for sleep’s arms to cradle me, a figment of memory fluttering behind my closed lids. The auditory hallucination of your voice calling me from the other side of my bedroom wall. I checked my phone for the Continue reading
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“I Might Prefer Chaos to Even Flow”
Not a believer of luck, good or bad. Not the superstitious type. Sure, I might joke about the terrible things that happen on Friday the 13th, but I don’t actually think the date is the reason behind them. Bad things happen no matter the day. Apparently, we just focus on the bad things when the Continue reading
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The Bourbon Marshmallow Bacon S’more Experience
Sometime ago, I happened upon a s’mores post on How Sweet It Is offering up 13 recipes on the gooey-goodness. Of course, I happened upon the page while I was “working” at the front desk instead of “working” in the stacks like the good book slave I am. And of course, my coworkers, let’s call Continue reading
Chapin City Blues 