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A cookie cutter

might sound alarming, like a gingerbread man that is self-harming, jarring, scarring, dealing with pain, and the numbing repressive pressure of having to accept or be the same. Despite expectations of having to fit a shape, to smile and be … Continue reading

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In its January and February 2017 issues, the Milpitas Post published my poems “Two Earrings”,

“Glitter”, and “Six-Year-Old” (in its 1/6/17 issue on page 22), “Mistletoe” (in its 1/13/17 issue on page 24), “Dreidel”, “Album Cover”, “Pause”, “Deciding”, and “Cookie Cutter” (in its 1/20/17 issue on page 23), “MLKJ” and “Receipt” (in its 1/27/17 issue … Continue reading

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A cookie cutter might sound alarming, like a gingerbread man that is self-harming,

jarring, scarring, dealing with pain, and the numbing repressive pressure of having to accept or be the same. Despite expectations of having to fit a shape, to smile and be sweet, outside of the edges is a space to heal … Continue reading

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