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Chapter 2: The Perfect Happy Family
I just ran and ran as tears ran down my face. The cold wind was like having somebody smack my face repeatedly. I couldn’t believe James was a gay. I mean I have nothing against homosexuals. I was...
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The Origami Cupcake
The Origami Cupcake: Chapter 1 Mother never stayed for long. She always came dressed in her exuberant outfits and never matching high heeled shoes. “Flats are for ordinary women. I’m not an everyday...
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Grandiose (5)
I’m back in the dark room again but this time I am no longer restrained by the white jacket, yet I am handcuffed to the cold steel chair. Kauffman is sitting behind his desk and I see the woman who...
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Grandiose 8
It still falls, the snow that is. I’m walking down the main floor hallway, my head turned slightly to the right, watching the snow fall through the glass wall. Victoria walks ahead of me as she leads...
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Grandiose 9
Kauffman came into my room briefly this morning with Demetrius and a new orderly. They dragged me to the seclusion room on the third floor. I screamed all the way there. It was not a great place to...
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Grandiose 11
You dreamt about me?” Kauffman asks from across the table. We are having breakfast in the cafeteria. We both ordered scrambled eggs with toast and a cup of coffee. As I grabbed for the hot sauce so...
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Grandiose 12
The screams seemed to go on forever as I rocked myself in the corner with my hands covering my ears. I wanted them to stop screaming. And so I yelled, “Stop!” at the top of my lungs and just like that...
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Grandiose 13: Room 217
My feet tickled at the touch of the cold marble floor. I chuckled at this. The moon dances in my eyes while gingerly walking down the second floor hallway. There are glass walls up here too but just...
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Grandiose 15
Still frazzled from the past days, Elizabeth lay still while submerged in a white vintage tub filled with cold water and ice. Her long red wet hair lay flat against her flushed silky skin. She kept a...
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The Lesbian Diaries
“You will never be alone. Stop chasing shadows and just enjoy the ride.” Those words stay in my mind like a stain that never fades. As I walked through the sturdy halls of BethenCourt High, I tried not...
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Grandiose 16
“Elizabeth, what are you doing?!” Barbara screams at me. I keep my eyes closed, shivering, as she vigorously dries me off with a white towel. It feels like sand paper against my skin and I cringe at...
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A Poem: Frank Ocean and The White Piano (DFB)
We must wait until morning, he whispered, sitting side by side, fingers gliding through the white piano keys, his blue eyes sinking into her dark brown eyes. Last night they had-had a fight, he yelled,...
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The Origami Cupcake
The Origami Cupcake: Chapter 1 Mother never stayed for long. She always came dressed in her exuberant outfits and never matching high heeled shoes. “Flats are for ordinary women. I’m not an everyday...
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Beatriz Bentley
This morning I decided to paint my face with over-priced make-up because society would judge me if I didn’t. You see if I don’t present myself as pretty, guys won’t like me and I’ll ultimately end up...
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Beatriz Bentley: It’s A Boy!
Innocence is taken for granted. Most are rushing to be grown-ups, never taking the time to really enjoy their childhood. Already since entering Black Horse High School, I have spotted 7 pregnant girls....
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Beatriz Bentley: The Elements Game
It’s been a whole week; that’s seven days since I started high school. But who’s counting. I suppose a short recap is in order. Everyone in all my classes think I’m weird except for Jessica. She made...
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Beatriz Bentley: Brainwashing, Evil and other Psychological Failures
The Vanity Society at my high school enjoys playing cruel tricks on unsuspecting students who they deem unworthy to be part of their delusions of grandeur perspective. Let me explain. They test...
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Poem: Chemicals
The chemicals start to react, electricity runs through my veins, said Honor be merry and blessed with wits, fueled by an unknown reaction, eyes burn like fire, the dragon lies within. The trolls lay in...
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