Brittany Boles
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The Grinchening
It went like this, see … I didn’t always grinch about Christmas. In fact, once upon a time I loved Christmas so much I left my apartment decorated like Whoville for an entire year. I remember my childhood Christmases were made joyful through the… Continue Reading “The Grinchening”
“she’s f r a c t u r i n g”
Poems like unread lettersLitter the floor in crumpled heapsOr is that me Voicelessly screaming in-to changeless, whipping windShe’s praying on the mountaintop again Sunset tears like glittering waste,Garbage-pity all over her face Not for lack of candidatesNor that of gratitude and grace— How many… Continue Reading ““she’s f r a c t u r i n g””
Used to be crazy
Astonishing, disheartening, enlightening – the phase of life in which I find myself is dripping with retrospective self-responsibility and it is all these things. I opened a letter I wrote my future self when I was a freshman in high school. Seeing the writing… Continue Reading “Used to be crazy”
A Major Arcana Acute Sinusitis
This happens every time. It took me a while to notice the pattern, but now that I have, it’s impossible to ignore. In Tarot, we call it the Tower – when everything we’ve built catches fire and burns to the ground, crumbling in hot… Continue Reading “A Major Arcana Acute Sinusitis”
Like Something Else
Deep loneliness presentslike a symptomof something else:like depression or apathy,or something like lazinessor negativity or, maybe she doesn’t have social skills,or, something must be wrong with her,that she’s always alone or “stop feeling sorry for yourselfand justgo outside,join a gym,read a book,go to yoga… Continue Reading “Like Something Else”
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