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It’s My Birthday Tomorrow
The sun has danced with the earth three hundred and sixty four times since I last let go of a year. I am in my garden, a new one, since it was last January 31st, and the sun has already said goodbye. The next time I see her, I will be a new woman, an…
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Family Ties
Blood can be so thick, but it never flows easy, water, you can trust.
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I Don’t Cry Anymore
My eyes have been dry for such a long time, sandy beaches, suddenly deserts. The sun sets as I settle in your lap, dry eyes, with no tortured tears, deep in a trance, hypnotised by how you hold me, so soft, so secure.
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You Can’t Fuck A Flag
The high street is six feet under, with some petrol garage flowers trodden into the dirt above her face. I am waiting for the Daily Mail’s daily reminder that I am to blame, for being a millennial, who never shops, is sick of renting, and has the blood of dirty immigrants running through her veins.…
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Stop Saying “Never Again” If You Don’t Intend To Protect Jewish People From “Again”
Today is Holocaust Memorial Day. It is a grey Wednesday, wild winds tousle my hair, as I avoid the rain, doom scrolling the daily news, and all the daily views of my peers. Many are lighting candles, meekly making promises like “Never again” “We will stand with them” but a part of me wonders, with…
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Sincerely, Jennifer x 