Post-Election, What Women Have Always Known

In 10th grade, I was one of a handful of girls in my high school’s video production…

Sometimes the body knows first.

It is about midnight in New Orleans, where I live. My four year-old-son is asleep in my bed; my husband has gone to sleep in the spare bedroom. From my perch in front of the television, I look in the direction of each room, knowing I should join one of them. The…

When Privilege Meets Social Media

The result is exhausting and disappointing.

Whole

I will 
kiss my lover
until my back arches, and place
his hands against my sternum
in case 
he needs something to beat back into his
palms
because
the only remedy for this kind of
fear
is softeness
is clemency
is warm blankets
is lips pressed against one another, making
treaties 
truces
armistice admidst
earthquakes…

perhaps it is good

Perhaps it is good to have evil above

Instead of a dull sixty watt glow that shines

False light and lulls into poison sleep

Perhaps it is good to be afraid

The Act Of The Block.

Life. Full of the unexpected. It keeps you alive, no matter how fortunate or unfortunate the situations might be.

Making Memories With Your Children

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