2024
Pieces from 2024.
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A Mother’s Love
She woke in a familiar stupor. The blankets which swaddled her body seemed also to envelop her mind in warmth, drawing her back to sleep, but though she was too tired to remember where she was, enough of her remained alert to sense an incongruity between her memory and the space she sensed beyond her Continue reading
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Ghosts and Glass
Ever since I was young, I have been told I possess a photographic memory. True enough, I do have an affinity toward remembering certain information—the names of animals, the definitions of words, the molar mass of common elements—but by no means does this imply I remember my experiences well. Here, my memory is frustrating unreliable. Continue reading
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Through My Shadow
Beneath a veil of golden light, the crowd swayed. The exchange of smiles and conversation was punctuated arrhythmically by the chime of laughter and wine glasses. It was unintelligible. Their bodies blurred together like the shadows of shifting leaves, and whatever words they shared were drowned amidst the simultaneous utterances of a dozen others. It Continue reading