Monthly Archives: June 2018

Never Again Speak Their Name

When these obscene tragedies happen, one feels so devastated, and yet so powerless. But we are not. Here’s what I want to do. To every mass shooter and terrorist, whether you used explosives or guns, whether you did it for … Continue reading

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ReFresh

-March- A grey and cracked concrete box half-filled with frozen dirt and drifts of dirty snow. It must have been a planter, I decide, though that seems too genteel a term for this rough and broken nursery. But against all … Continue reading

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‘Dev’

‘Dev’ is from Sri Lanka. He has dark brown hair and light brown skin with thick, perfectly level eyebrows. The eyebrows threaten to overwhelm his deep-set, emerald eyes which are never at rest and which have an intensity that is … Continue reading

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