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- Sep 25, 2026
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- Jul 20, 2026
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Lost Time and Flood’s Past (opens the original)
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I wasn’t the only one who lost everything when the floods came. I wasn’t even hit the hardest. I survived. So many didn’t. Sometimes people would drag themselves up out of the flood and across the Boundary… but they weren’t different. That was the problem. The same as the day the floods came, they just… were. But they weren’t living. Their eyes were all glossy, their jaws slack… they were breathing, but I - I don’t think they were alive. They were like jellyfish washed ashore from an unknown oce
August Newsletter (opens the original)
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What is leftWhen your dreams have changedWhen you look back and gaze down?What is leftWhen you lose hope for another timeWhen you can’t take anymore of your lifeWhat is left when you don’t care what happens anymore…?<spa
July Newsletter (opens the original)
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A past lover once commented about how you could tell a lot about someone by what they show off in their room.Tonight my room is empty.The walls are white, and the air is cool.The sheets still lay, but outside boxes are stacked upon another.I suppose the concept was more the principle of the belongings my room held and not the room itself.Sure, I’m reading too deep.Sure, I’d be silly to think too deeply about this.But what does my dwindling eyeline of belongings and my bro
Reflections on a new chapter (opens the original)
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I want to understand who you were, Before wicket parasites Devoured your heart.I want to know those who loved you and cherished you,Who groomed you and tended to you,Who told you it was safe to grow,And just be you.And every time a flower blooms,Or a sapling unfurls beneath a thick canopy,And the air is hot and humid,And rich with what was…I see why they loved you.And I want to pick the festering rot from your skin,And love you too.If you want to see someone pouring their heart out on the intern
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