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I wrote this while in a long distance relationship. I decided to regale you with a few lines of prose,Wishing instead that I could send you a rose, My heart has felt full since our very first meeting,A state I do wish will be anything but fleeting, To feel the warmth of your body next…

I normally wouldn’t post this kind of thing, but I felt this was worth the effort. For context, I was replying to a discussion that used the overused “biological male” excuse for why transgender women shouldn’t be allowed to compete with cisgender women. “Sex traits can be biologically based. That’s a medical term. But there…

An essay I wrote in college I though was interesting. In general, I tend to avoid conflict. Maybe I’m just getting old and tired, but I find dealing with conflict exhausting at this point in my life. After all, there is so much negativity in life already without dealing with a bunch of drama if…

I cannot take credit for this quote, nor do I know who the original author of this is, but I have been moved by the sentiment. “Why do you need a label?” Because there is comfort in knowing you are a normal zebra and not a strange horse. Because you can’t find community with other…

What is Fracking? Hydraulic Fracturing, commonly referred to as fracking, is a method of extracting natural gas and crude oil from sedimentary rock stratum deep within the earth. The accumulation of these products is trapped by the nature of sedimentary rock, creating underground reservoirs of these fossil fuels. By injecting large quantities of water, sand,…

Into this world I was thrust into war, Vietnam was just the start of my life. Cambodia and Laos, oh, such splendor, How I’ve learned so much of hatred and strife. Afghanistan and the Iraqi heat, Grenada, Libya, and Panama too, Death comes for all except for the elite, Their son’s privileges don’t apply to…

I always hated going downtown. For reasons I can’t understand, people just seemed to get meaner the closer to our town’s center they are. Ironically, this is also where the seat of our local government resides. I always wondered if those two truths are related. Still, I always try to rise above my environment, mostly…

On a typical spring morning in 1977, something happened in my life that would take me years to understand. I was coming of age, and while I felt excited about entering the next stage of my young life, I also felt very confused. The prospect of becoming an adult answered something primal inside of me.…

We argue about taxes and how much we get paid, About riots in the streets, and how the gas game is played, So much to complain about, and now Roe vs. Wade, How, as a people, from what is right we have swayed. It seems religion is on yet another crusade, We, the people have…

Have you ever stopped to consider how different your life would be if you were not the person you are today? Can you imagine how different life would seem if you viewed the world from another person’s perspective? Under ordinary circumstances, one could only imagine the answer to this question. For me, however, life has…