prose
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Eve and My Mother
Evil women are not allowed to exist. And what a pity— they’re so good at it. Men are evil by default, but somehow most lack the aptitude and intelligence to thrive in their malice. Witnessing a women commit a vicious act is invigorating. It’s like watching Eve eat the apple, every bite a defiance against…
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Chosen
I don’t have a sister, but I do have a best friend. She’s been a part of my life ever since I could call it that. She is the left brain to my right one, the yin to my yang— the perfect balance to my decrepit existence. I met Kajayla Boyd in the summer of…
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Free Spirit: The Labor of Flowers
Roses have names. So do flowers and their plants. Most people don’t know this fact about them, but most people do not receive flowers while living. In the last years of being a florist, I’ve learned lots about people. The lovers, the cheaters, the nostalgic, and everyone else buying them for someone else. I grew…
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Mi Morgitu
I keep turning to the things that bring me comfort, but, oh, how I wish that were you. I learned to keep Morgan out of my room during my suicide attempts after waking up to him facing me in the failure of the first. How I wish I could tell him I haven’t tried since…
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Common App. Essay (2017)
I started writing this piece on my journal in the summer of 2017. It’s likely I finished it in the fall, as senior year would’ve started by then. I still like it, surprisingly. I enjoy watching my progress, so I thought I’d share a bit of how I got here. And here’s a picture my…
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Eshu, Guardian of the Roads
I could hear them before I saw them. The distant echo of drums announced their arrival to every house and on the 11th of June, it was always mine. During this month, certain people in my village got together, traveling from home to home to celebrate the festival of Saint Anthony of Padua and the…
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Why are we all escaping?: Thoughts with Afro-Surrealism.
Idalina Pina AFR 301: Meditative Essay Dr. Bowles May 4, 2022 What is the present moment, but most importantly, why are we all escaping it? The future and the past are defined phenomena that constantly exist in the periphery of our conscious– how come we don’t give the present moment as much energy? Of course,…
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“The Night We Met,” by Lord Huron
I knocked on the door, music blasting on the other side. I wondered if they heard me. Not too long after this thought someone opened the door for me. It was a dark room filled with a couple of people covered in LED light from the disco ball in the middle. I smiled at this…
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to rosalie.
I don’t remember much. A hot September day, no clouds to be seen, and some light breeze to accompany it. Not a bad day by any standards. I got lost in my thoughts for a second, thinking of this weather, loosing myself in the crowd. I was in the middle of a herd of freshmen…
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The Notes app keeps me alive.
November 17, 2017 at 3:14 p.m. It’s when music brings my thoughts along in the same rhythm that I can sleep. March 25, 2018 at 2:51 p.m. Nothing boring about this world but your mind if you think it so. March 27, 2018 at 7:43 p.m. My mom doesn’t know I’m gay, but now you…
the intricacies of idalina 