Moments of Silence
The night Paris went dark, the power died here on whole blocks east of the city. For twenty-some seconds, […]
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Resignation
I cannot justify making students cry, the disorder is in the system. Too small to span the keyboard, hands shake
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The Headline Reads Processed Meat Causes Cancer, Says WHO
and again I hear my mother’s voice, Says who? challenging some claim asserted by an expert on the radio or
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Ossuary
(n.) a container or room into which the bones of dead people are placed. open textbook, there. my mexican history
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Things That Happen
“Tall people die sooner,” her aunt tells her. The girl is ten— she doesn’t know if it’s true. When her
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Two Variations on a Triolet with Refrains from President Obama’s Statement on the Shooting in Roseburg, Oregon
There’s been another mass shooting— somehow this has become routine as brushing teeth, and we go shouting, “There’s been another