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Poetry

horses

Olivia 0
remember telling me about the horses the wild horses? I didn’t believe wild horses still roamed Georgia but you assured me showed me photographs of the horses in your...
Essays

Deep in the heart

Enid Kassner 0
We had taken a drive-away car from San Francisco to El Paso, but our final destination was San Antonio. We were two women in...
Poetry

Upon watching [place of abuse] burn to the ground

Kristin Ryan 0
In another dream, in a body not touched by their hands, I bang on the door, scream that there is a fire. But that is not this dream. In...
Essays

Dissociation

B.K. Jackson 1
It streaked into my vision and startled me, a gray blur in the corner of my eye. Then I saw it— inches from my...
Poetry

Parachutes

Joan Mazza 1
Cash saved for the unexpected broken tooth, car repair, the day the central heating quits. Water jugs and food to last the outage, snowstorm, hurricane. Go-bag with important papers....
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Poetry

Atlantis

Julia Park Tracey 0
I made the mistake of telling my therapist about the molestations, the assault, the rapes, and she had the audacity to ask me how I feel, and...
blue butterfly on green leaf photo by Vincent Van Zalinge
Essays

Treading

Rebecca Burke 0
I could feel pieces of myself breaking.
grassy park photo by Patrick Graham
Essays

Once more, but quieter

Michaela Mayer 0
So many survivors doubt their own experiences.
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