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Tag Archives: isolation
Vernesta – February 24
2.24.2017 [Vernesta] Vernesta smiled at us, the other seventh graders who came to play. small, slight of build, but wary of gaze, she knew something that the rest of us didn’t as we said come out and play … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, betrayal, childhood, commercial sex, damage, isolation, pain, sexploitation
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flat affect – March 22
3.22.2016 a hard face across the table unresponding flat affect as if offended by all then pushing agenda out of need or pain. —————-
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Tagged anger, conflict, distance, emptiness, isolation, negotiation, pain, withholding
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an anger observed – February 17
2.17.2016 (9) my dad washed dishes bent over the sink banging away with tongue at side of his lip striking angrily. he was doing it for mom whose raw cracked hands bled as she tore at them and cried. … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, compassion, family, fathers and sons, frustration, hurt, isolation, rage
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the lion appears – August 28
8.23.2015 the lion appears large sleepy eyes gazing I look back affecting calm, lean to breathe into its face as it opens its mouth to chew on my hand like a dog not yet biting down but … Continue reading
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Tagged action, animal, communication, courage, dreams, images, isolation, lions, misunderstanding, oblivious, perception, threat
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Anxiety prayers – August 16
8.16.2015 Anxiety prayers for comfort, companions, other faces that understand. God send help right now, I am falling, falling flailing can’t let go, can’t rest, can’t can’t God. Send help right now. —————–
empty rooms – June 3
6.3.2015 I walked into the airport bathroom and there was blood all around, dripping still fresh, pooling below the fixtures. I turned to see if you were still there, had hidden, or fallen and I stepped to the … Continue reading
Aline Alone – May 1
5.1.2015 [Aline Alone] I like my ironing board I like my washing machine a dead voice, blond curls close to her head in the basement room where she slammed the basket down catatonic stare, blank eyes wondering why she … Continue reading
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Tagged alienation, breakdown, fears, frustration, hopes, isolation, marriage, mother, pain, sister, wife
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the deep end – February 6
2.6.2015 I was born into a world where fathers threw their sons into the deep end to teach them how to swim. it is a terrible cruel world and I can’t always be there. you need to learn to … Continue reading
frigid – January 24
1.24 frigid. wind like razor blades on skin. what am I doing out here. when will I know to step inside. cold of the world numbs long before we understand that braving it out is a fool’s game. … Continue reading
faces – April 24
4.24.2014 faces around tables that don’t listen faces that relate the passing time faces who once upon the once were children faced that have paused only to rhyme. faces of the aged and forgotten … Continue reading
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