Category: Essays
Hard-Fought Pedal Pushing
But the secret I was keeping was that I felt so very weak.
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Home…Is Not Nowhere
For years, I thought home was lost.
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Nights in the Hospital
Soon enough, I was going to be an orphan.
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Self-Portrait as Ricochet
I realize now I’m a ricochet of who I used to be, just a nest of hair working hard to make sense of my scars.
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The Ghost in Me
I try to pull myself together.
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Pool Games
I never had so much fun failing.
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Praying by Ear
The waterfall’s presence is wild, anarchic: a million faucets turned on full blast.
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The Hands of the Nurse
The hands of the nurse held the hands of death and the tiny fists of new life.
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Two Tables
But when I tried to picture the kitchen without the curved white table, without the placemats and phone and flowers, I felt something gnaw and tilt low in my stomach.
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Highway to Hell
More often, danger has the keys to your home and knows your birthday and favorite color.
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The Littlest Hermana
On that awful July day, I took her to the hospital in an ambulance.
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