The Smokers’ Circle and Bad Romance

Reflections on College and Love

Kelli Lynn Grey
Nov 6 · 4 min read
Image by Markus Spiske from Pixabay

After growing up in the rural reaches of suburbia, as an only child sequestered within the walls of my over-protective parents’ house, I was super ready for college. I wanted to live in the dorms with a random roommate. I wanted to dance outside under the stars for no reason. I wanted to take time to figure out who I was and to emerge with some kind…

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Kelli Lynn Grey

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I write like a motherf**ker. Specialties = Cannabis, civil rights, art, self, parenting & education. To learn more, visit my site: www.kellilynngrey.com.

BAMF Mag

BAMF Mag

To be BAMF is to be “bad” AF by showing up daily to meet your evolving self exactly where you are. Featuring poems & essays by Kelli Lynn Grey, BAMF MAG is a companion to the imprint BAMF Books. Both explore one woman’s approach to a BAMF life.

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