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In 2018, I didn't need to visit the doctor or a hospital even once. I guess this means that universal healthcare is neither necessary nor worth it. It snowed heavily in November. I guess this means that climate change really is just pseudoscientific nonsense. At work, we sold a record amount of Plan B throughout the year. I guess this means that abortions are redundant in today's society and should be banned. Nobody has ever called me out for making inappropriate or sexist comments. I guess this means that women in general have been overreacting this whole time. I have friends who are people of color. I guess this means that racism is a t

His house is made of crumbling slats     of rotted knotted oak   peeling paint and weakened joints.   The wind blows unfettered through unshuttered apertures    dragging fresh sunlight in       and memories away. Even on the clearest days        he visits the front porch     less and less often.         He prefers to explore     those rooms further in where tide and time have yet to reach.       

Leather journal, handmade paper, hand bound: too precious for words

If you aren't female, you don't have to worry about having your reproductive rights taken away. If you aren't black or Hispanic, you don't have to worry about falling victim (sometimes literally) to a double standard. If you aren't Muslim, and don't look Muslim, you don't have to worry about guilt by association. If you aren't gay or trans, you don't have to worry about the loss of your civil rights. Or your life. If you don't have a preexisting medical condition, you probably won't have to worry about how you're going to pay for your prescriptions. Or doctor's visits. Or hospital stays. If you aren't near or below the poverty line, you

My fellow Americans, If you believe in the inviolate sanctity of an unborn child, that is your right. If you are among those who would insist that a woman carry that child to term, but then refuse to provide the necessary financial means for her to provide for that child's continuing welfare as well as her own... then you are part of the problem. If you are offended or disgusted by homosexuality or transgenderism, then I feel sad for you, but that is also your right. No one should be allowed to criminalize a gut reaction. If you allow that opinion to determine who your business refuses to serve, where someone can use a bathroom, or whethe

Night enfolding day— fox has donned a warmer coat; oaks abandon theirs.

The flashing, thrumming device was almost mesmerizing in its futuristic simplicity. Pulses of violet light chased each other, seemingly at random, across its front panel, while brilliant blue-white electric arcs surged upward from its central coil via a Jacob's Ladder: two tapered copper antennae reaching nearly to the ceiling. The combination cast an eerie and ever-changing series of shadows across the figures of the two men observing it. The older of the pair was a dignified, gray-haired gentleman with a silk bow tie and bowler hat. His straining waistcoat, however, recalled slimmer days long since past; while his measured silence and slig

Twenty saplings plucked    Seven pillars toppled   Salt and ashes strewn