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My Childhood Home

My Childhood Home

White and brown vertical lines decorate the exterior
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Youthfulness

Youthfulness

We were kids born into a life of rules we could not forbid.
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Rage

Rage

Screams reverberate off my pillow
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Board Game

Board Game

In this market of women, I became his commodity.
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Autopilot

Autopilot

I don’t want to be in my body.
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Find your Footing

Find your Footing

I’m told to find my footing; yet, there is no foundation.
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Little Nuggets

Little Nuggets

Making out in his car in a vacant parking lot he called them “little nuggets”
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An Ode to Long Beach

An Ode to Long Beach

Quaint studio 7 blocks from the beach became my temporary home
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