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a great fall

My consciousness yo-yos, sinks to the ground in exhaustion, then whips itself back. I don’t know enough yo-yo […]

November 18, 2018 in my head

support

One of my favorite things about November is being able to read the constant stream of posts from […]

November 15, 2018 journals

rainbow enough

As time happens, I encounter more and more people who think prison is a metaphor I fold into […]

November 14, 2018 incarceration, memoir

river-made woman

I swallowed so many tears, my bones eroded and turned me into riverbed.  Woman-made river, catching the sadness […]

November 13, 2018 grief, in my head, memoir

a little step

This was written November 27th, 2014 from the California Institute for Women, from room 136– the cell without […]

November 12, 2018 incarceration, memoir, society

100. veins

I miss the kitchen window of my first home, where I could look out over my family garden […]

November 11, 2018 journals

reading

Can I finish a draft in ten minutes? Can I start a new post? Should I find something […]

November 10, 2018 journals

fancy nights

My favorite perfume sinks into my skin like a snowflake. It smells like the city at three in […]

November 9, 2018 grief, in my head, incarceration, memoir, society

100. small pour

I celebrate today like a new year, and this new year rolled in with a Chet Baker song […]

November 7, 2018 memoir, short form

holding violets

r r Read More

I sniff words the way other people sniff flowers. Roses can be red, but not read. Violets are […]

November 6, 2018 grief, in my head, incarceration, memoir

the floor is

When I was a kid, I was ready for lava. I would leap from chair to table, rescuing […]

November 5, 2018 in my head, incarceration

hair

My hair is in a mask tonight– a warm butter massaged into my scalp.  It makes the tendrils […]

November 4, 2018 in my head, memoir

also.

I let the things I need to say sit in my throat because I think I can cough […]

November 3, 2018 grief, in my head, memoir, stream of consciousness

are you in?

Every year, a group of bloggers and myself tackle National Blog Posting Month in November. We post one […]

October 29, 2018 blog updates

leave a message

Sometimes I feel like I’ve used up all my second chances. From you, from the universe. I’m honestly […]

October 18, 2018 journals

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