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The Dream
There are dreams that should never be remembered. This is one of them.
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Hypnosis For All The Senses
The recreation of an old story.
I Rise
A journey of internal self-exploration while dealing with outer pain.
NAN (2025 Edit)
Set in the future Nan are bear-like creatures that terrorise and eat human
Reciprocal
"A question that sometimes drives me hazy:am I or are the others crazy?” Albert Einstein
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Rated: 18+ · Poetry · Religious · #2348202

Biting critique, doesn't shy away from talking about child-marriage + reproductive rights.

Plastic bow,
blush-clip curls.
Polaroid.

Little girl—
veneers?
Daddy,
Mommy,
Sister—
shed, shed
sunflower-grume
tears.

Plastic teacup
trembles.
Sip, sip—
pennyroyal brew.

Pinky raised—
don’t think.
Husband—
hands the drink.
Bible-belt
sacrifice,
child-bride:
twelve.

Twelve,
Jane Doe
Dead.

Miss Mary Mack?
Mary Contrary?
Never, never—
Birdsong snuffed.
Soft gagged
nary.

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