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Just started working again—

Justin Burnett 0
Just started working again— A coworker cut his arm. He laughed, “Horizontal for attention, Vertical for results?” Apparently this was a saying. “Exactly,” I said. It was August, we were...
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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...
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Poetry

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...
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Poetry

#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...
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Poetry

Don’t you dare tell me he’s a good man

Linda M. Crate 0
I get to hear my family talk about how the man who tried to rape me as a child and taunted me about it in college is a good man.
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Essays

The confession

Carmel de Bertaut 0
I felt nothing when he died.  
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