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Their kind of pretty

A.L. DeLeon 0
Beautiful? Yes, I know I am. Though, it took me years to take such compliments gracefully. Not because I don’t see my own beauty; my own worth. I...
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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...
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Miasma

Fiona Tinwei Lam 0
drowning I am in your bed my mind is underwater I am almost sleeping you are bathing me with your tongue rendering me all the senses gently shriveling when you hover I do not feel...
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Dish towels

Joyce Nash 0
The first lesson you taught me was how to fold the dish towels: First in half then one more half, and if I mess it up again, you’ll...
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The children

Kristin Ryan 0
I used to hoard apples until they were rotten. Green ones, not red. They would stay in the closet until I could no longer eat them,...
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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...
Black and white image of woman whose face cannot be seen, sipping from a mug in a kitchen; her hand is veiny and she seems tense, for Survivor Lit, a literary magazine for sexual assault survivors.
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A woman’s place

Julia Park Tracey 0
Into the mouths of babes, the bottomless craw of a needy child; they cluster at my hip, wanting more. Here, I pay and pay for sins I did...
Woman in profile sitting at a campfire with a man in profile farther away near the fire.
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#MeToo

Julia Park Tracey 0
what I mean is, I said no to my ex for the first time. I said no. I said no. I said no fucking way you stupid piece...
empty church with wooden pews sexual assault rape child abuse molestation
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Wooden church pews

Jan Mason 0
The church is empty except Daddy and me
image of blonde haired girl outdoors
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Lost and found

Jan Mason 0
Where to find peace in the everyday chaos?
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