glimpses shared by our authors
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Maybe one person isn't really able to be both Id and Ego. Maybe that's why we each have a friend who seems content chasing dreams while sleeping on couches, rolling ... read more -
In the South, when it rains one night and the air is cool the next morning, we call it North Pole Flatulence. Because we are so far away from Knoxville ... read more -
I'm often amused with what a nihilist I'm becoming. Sadly juxtaposed to my knee-jerk reaction to speak in front of people at great length. A reflex, I do believe, that ... read more -
Today I realized a few things, mainly that I love to be needed. I held my friend has she cried in front of me for the first time. I wanted ... read more -
I got a great email from my best friends dad. The address that I have writing to for well over a week now has been the wrong damn one. I ... read more -
The joints began to ache. The finger joints. I curled them up. My right middle-finger cracked. The sound resounded deafeningly across the silent room. The room wasn't silent. The piano ... read more -
My head hurts. It pounds, like a demon trying to burst out. Knock knock knock, in concert with my heartbeat. Please make it stop--I just downed several aspirins and a ... read more -
There is nothing I could say to make what I have done better. Nothing I could do to redeem myself. I am damned, and have been since before I was ... read more -
this is what it takes. him sleeping beside me. i know he won't leave- he doesn't know how. and i don't know how to leave him. it's strange, really, how ... read more -
There is nothing in the world like the sensation of the wind at 75 miles an hour whipping through your hair. She can't help the wild grin on her face ... read more
