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Hold My Hand
They didn’t want you to sleep on the floor They didn’t like feeling like they were higher than you. “It doesn’t matter-” It mattered to them. So you climbed in bed And you were so close. But as you slowly fell asleep, you spread out Because you wanted space But you were still holding hands…
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Past Memories are a Poor Impression of a Stranger.
The only photo I have of youis mental and untrue,if every time our memories surfacea piece of you is warped for nostalgia’s sakeeventually, there will be a stranger in my head. I am the world’s biggest hypocriteI begged you to be Orpheus if he had more self-disciplineyet here I am, fingers curled around knowledge already…
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Fervor We Forsake
Noon, Aug, 2014. There was a real guilt behind his words. The guilt of a man who would go out and do it again but would never be proud of himself for it. Knowing every action brought no joy and only cost him all the chance he got at a good life. It wasn’t supposed…
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The Prince Must Die
The greatest evil of all evils are not the one we see, but the ones that lay in our hearts, invisible to others — Anonymous The door rams open as two guards bang inside, jolting me from the nightmare I was having. My heart pounds, chest heaving as I stare at them, eyes ache at how…
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Where Do All Teenage Girls Go?
I am no longer a teenage girl. As I live and breathe I can go and buy a lighter at the corner store. Or get a scratch-off at the gas station. And technically, I can step inside a sex shop. I can do all of these things and more because I am no longer under…
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Death is a stranger
I know too well that comes to pluck off people I hold It’s a strangler on a busy highwayTaking the wheel in a fit of rage without thinking about the costThe grim reaper has a black hood pulled over his head and covers his eyes. So that he cannot seethe tears they weep or hear…
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I hate that I know what to do with my grief
I hate that I know exactly when my mind has latched onto a memory of someone I have lost andwon’t let me think of anything else. I hate when I have a good day or a good month and I knowthose five minutes where I think of them will make me feel like their vanishing…
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Dreaming happens and then it doesn’t
For me, there are some nights where I remember exactly what took placeand who was there and why I was thinking of themin my mind I know it’s a dream so I can hold on a little longer to the illusion.then there are other nights where I don’t remember.I wake up in a cold sweat…
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Big Boss Vette Is So Resilient You Might Find Her on the Moon
St. Louis-born rapper Diamond Alexis Smith, better known as Big Boss Vette, is a force to be reckoned with, here to stay and make her mark in the world. After going viral on TikTok for her breakout hit Pretty Girls Walk, Big Boss Vette’s debut EP, Resilience, is balanced on a perfect duality between summer…
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Welcome To YONAKA’s House: The Trio on Their New EP and Their Genre-Fluid Sound
Brighton-made trio, YONAKA, fuses genres like pop, punk, and hip-hop to create their unique and electrifying sound in the alternative rock genre they find themselves grouped into, all though they wouldn’t say they are traditional rockstars. First meeting in the university, the trio’s music delves into themes of empowerment, and mental health. On July 28,…
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