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Where We At?
The snow has finished falling for the day. The night grows longer, but the glow of the porch lights reflecting off the snow keeps the complex aglow. Driveways and roads are plowed, some cars remain covered, and a stillness rests in the air. Despite my best efforts, today was productive. And now that I sit…
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Paths Leading Back
The gravel road appeared out of nowhere and stretched ominously through the field. Even after spending my whole life in a vaguely rural area, long country driveways never fail to creep me out. Even in the daytime. Even with two of my friends waiting at the other end. I hadn’t seen them since the last…
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Sacred Morals
A couple of weeks ago, I lost a package in the mail. One afternoon, while searching numerous mailboxes in vain for my package, I made the mistake of answering a small talk attempt by a stranger, telling him about my missing items. Fast forward an hour, and this man is telling me about how Biden…
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Rips, Tears, and Disappointment (AKA Sixers Basketball)
Sports are so fucking stupid. I hate them so much. I really don’t know why I even watch anymore. Year in year out it’s the same heartbreaking results. Sports are meant to be fun yet I find very little joy in them. What’s the point in them? What’s the point in anything? (You wouldn’t guess…
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Girls Trip to the Met
Much like art, no trip is perfect. And since this one started out with my favorite jeans falling in the toilet, it would be no different. I was in a tizzy the entire morning. Another where the pent up anxieties of my subconscious launched me out of dreamland at a blinding speed. As I was…