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Warrior Princess Golden Child Rap Star
Announcing the taking of a shower was important when sharing a bathroom with seven people. Bout to take a shower does anyone have to go? getting in…. …locking door Somehow -someone A-L-W-A-Y-S would still have to go. The shower was the only place I had privacy and the only place I…
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Smoking Helen Called Dad a Nigger
The girls across the street didn’t wanna play with my sister they said it was because she had fluffy hair and darker skin and they asked if we had the same daddies. We like you but not her they whispered and I wanted to punch them real bad for saying mean things about my sister…
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Day Dreams-Fairy Tales-Hand Walks
There are things we decide at a young age-and there are things we decide when we are a bit older. As soon as I could walk on my feet I decided I would also walk on my hands, jump over things taller than me, and flip backwards.When I was fourteen I decided I would be…
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D in Paradise
Mami had red hair pale skin and freckles and daddy had brown skin and kinky hair. Sister P from bible study had long red hair and freckles and her husband had brown skin and kinky hair. Maybe if you had red hair your husband was suppose to have brown skin. I wished I had freckles…
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Cuerpita Bonita
by Rebekah Marcano Published in Hair Trigger A Story Workshop Anthology I can still smell my grandmothers apartment. The scents of burning incense and left over arroz con gandules sitting in the pot on the stove. Café con leche brewing from morning ‘till night. Her apartment smelled of her, breathed her overdramatic spirit…
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first job flashback-feminist fantasies
We could listen to music on low while decorating cookies in the back two girls at a time at the fancy German bakery. Elle liked to listen to Christian music singing along and any parts with no words she would hum closing her eyes dipping cookies into white chocolate laying the moon shape cookies in…
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the bible study break up
This is a work of creative nonfiction. The events are portrayed to the author’s memory. While the story is true, some names and identifying details have been changed to protect the privacy of the people involved. The conversations in this piece all come from the author’s recollections, though they are not written to represent word-for-word transcripts.…
flashbacks and fantasies 