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Rejected—But Just Normally

You have to stop and ask yourself: what’s the worst that could happen? And let’s be real, more often than not, some variation of that worst thing ends up coming to pass.

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Track Change

It was sometime after moving twenty-five-hundred miles across the great open spans of America that I finally started doing things for the sake of the doing part. Before that, I must have just been “going through the motions,” as they say.

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Red and Blue

Original poem. “Two rats sitting in a glass box, speaking back and forth / They have much to say—a parade of their nature…”

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Dreaming of Work

That’s what really sucks about them, these dreams. It’s always a shot of adrenaline and my heads shoots off the pillow like a bouncy ball springing up and up and I’m on my feet now.

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Common Denominators

I could really hate it all if I wanted to. And sometimes when I look at what’s happened, the trends of everything, I start to really want to hate it all.

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One-Sixth the Year

Original poem. “It’s February first. / And I still wrote January / at the top of the journal page. / Crossed out and remade into the right days…”

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Down in The South

Original poem. “Down in The South / Where the “honeys” run thick…”

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The Ides of December

Side effects may include disconnection, wandering hopelessness, and a lack of Vitamin D.

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Time Happens Twice a Day

I'm wishing for it and living in the before and after and forgetting all about the one happening now.

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Murmurs in Your Bones

Original poem. “The tub faucet’s dripping / And I’m feeling wild…”

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A Long Death

Original poem. “The leaves that hover / between the trees…”

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I'm Scared to Play Video Games

Am I more than my addiction? The dangers of falling back into old habits loom at times, while the power to choose remains.

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Can't Drown a Fish

Where did the homeless go during Hurricane Ida? This Voices production seeks to answer that question, using the words and stories of the people who lived through it.

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Left With No Other Option

A Pakistani details the rigorous measures her government is taking in order to control the spread of Covid-19.

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The Quest for Constant Awe

Expectations root us in our emotions and mental states. How do we mitigate the damage and balance the scales of discontent with ambition?

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Australia's Orwellian App

Australia introduces a new app that tracks, reports, and records your compliance with forced lockdowns and quarantines.

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