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“Irreversible” by Rebecca Watkins
Don’t read after midnight. You never want to wake up thinking. Thinking is an irreversible act— the beginning of a blistering bastard of a day. Don’t eat candy apples from the 7-11. Don’t keep your bee stings crying in a jar just to remember how music feels. Don’t tell your…
“Teenage Mother Spurns Welfare” by Marlena Johns
Call me to mind when I’m strong and I walk, head held high, away from fear. Remember who I am when I push doubt aside to decide my future and that of my child. Remember when my needs flow like milk from a swollen breast that I was strong ’cause…
“On Not Viewing ‘American Masters: Alexander Calder'” by Austin Sanchez-Moran
I fell asleep in my smock on a paint-splattered stool on the last day of 3rd grade. The teacher had popped in a tape and behind the white static lines, a firm voice spoke of “retrospective”. Two white-haired men strolled in under huge, wiry hangers of red balancing steel in…