catfish sandwich
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cornmealed catfish–fried, golden brown.honey wheat toast,mayo, ketchup, and mustard. cut in two. classic root beer OliPop…a full belly. heavenly satisfaction.
creative writing
water outage
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boiling water advisory…a main broke,40 feet under aman-made pond,we are bottle-wateringourselves to deathfor consumption… hand sanitizer–a thingthat lives in the veinsof medical personnelhas 99% alcohol, butwe can’t drink it. someone’s runningaround carelessly flauntingour sanity, weare...
Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
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Ortho appointment, diagnosis… Runner’s Knee.The cure?! A cortisone shotstraight into my patella. Commence…StretchessLight exercise MassagesTaking it easy. Wear and tear ofjoints and bones have occurred. I amat war with my body, but I plan onwinning.
bertha
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my left knee felther coming…flood watch for72 hours. “turn around, don’t drown.” Tropical Storm Bertha
acceptance
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requested a referral toan orthopedic specialist,left knee reigns with pain, ruler of my everyday routine…I am changing, and it hurts.
The Order of Things
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A micropoem If pieces of youbroke pieces of me, and you failed toacknowledge my pain,I will be a different MEto YOU; one you’ve never seenAnd will NEVER seeagain.
the cons of getting older
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chronic pain…not a thing one thinkswould become a partof living. the grinding of teeth, gnashing the heartand increasing palpitations–blotting vision.unbearable painthat comesout of nowhere,we suffer, then wemove on.stretches, the bodyneeds them the olderwe get, the morewe need flexibility. joints...
the breaking of the Spirit
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hustle hard culturedemeans us, shakesus to pulps of ourselves–fleshy, bony beggars of peace amidst turmoil.breaking our mindsbreaking our heartsbreaking our spiritsyet we run to theglimmer & glitz ofwhat we dream could be, not knowingthe dream…for us…was never meantto come true....
barter for better
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busted knee reinjured sprained ankle left-sided sciatica nothing’s cooperating todaywhy can’t we order newbody parts as quickly aswe can purchase everythingelse? at this point, I’m willingto barter for better.
The Shoes
Dan
I'm house-sitting right now and had imagined it allowing me to work on a rather complex short story concept I have been mulling over for months. But all the change-of-scene has done is disturb my routines. The next best thing is transcribing a very old and short snippet of creative writing I...
Sports movie pitch
Martín Villalba
Here's a movie idea no one asked for: A group of teenagers have a dream of competing in the Paralympic Games, but their dream is in danger when their beloved coach gets terribly sick. And things don't look promising with their substitute coach either. Sent there as punishment for his failures in...