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Northern Attitude

I was raised on little light

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Ode to A Moth That Drowned In My Bathtub One Midsummer Morning

A poem for my moth

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Akasha

This one’s for you.

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What Everyone Missed About Firewatch

Yup, the lack of choice is a feature.

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Good Fences Make Good Neighbors

Boundaries are investments in our relationships.

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Afterimage

One of many sad backstories from Shadowplay.

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Doppelgänger

A sonnet about the people we cast to play our demons.

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Eat My Heart Out

A love poem for an insect.

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Desert Desire

A poem about being bad at love.

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Sausage Factory

Recovery isn’t a straight line.

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Why I Don’t Answer the Phone

It’s more than just quarantine.

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Shadowplay Scene Six: Marks, and How to Hit Them

What is essential is invisible to the eye.

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My, How You’ve Grown

A family’s fatal flaw

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Scarmaker

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(the empty set)

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“But you’re so good with people!”

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Forecast

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AFS #4: Do I have to be healthy to be loved?

I’m unhealthy but it’s not like I’m a terrible person. Do I have to spend the rest of my life alone?

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Social Censure is Literally Death

Why does it feel so horrible when you’re criticized?

A gentle cult