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On cellos and their possibilities
Early in the summer, a friend arrived on my doorstep with a ¾ size cello on her back.
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June 2024

When I fantasize about my husband’s mistress
She is desperate for him.
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May 2024

Deromancing the Beast
the false narrative we love in love
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10

April 2024

Please manspread on my page
has anyone noticed men don’t really write about their bodies?
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15

March 2024

And Yet
what was, what is, and what might be
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Medusa's Curse or Cure?
middle age, friendship, and body insecurity
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February 2024

Break up's Spell
the creative catapult born of heartbreak and some artists for this day
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2
Home Betrayal
"At what point shall we expect the approach of danger?"
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5

January 2024

The Case of the Missing Baculum
and other human mysteries
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10
Birds in Flight
On Christmas afternoon, I lost the family pet.
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18

December 2023

I Am Christmas
and I'm telling you why
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13
Parentagonist
parental rage and the characters we enact
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15
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