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I met with my 6 year old self earlier this week. She’s too young for coffee so we sat at the swings at the school for a bit. I listened to her talk about how …  Read More

Young one, Your wings, already clipped by the voices of familiar dissent coming from the ground around you, like some flightless birds who’ve never seen the tree tops, but deem the view unworthy Young heart, …  Read More

This piece is titled Growing Like a Weed. It’s a reflection on the growth I have had over the last 5 years as I medically transition. It depicts me injecting my testosterone while various flowers …  Read More

I would like to thank my club advisor Alexis Shook for showing me this opportunity in the first place, and my GSA club members Damien, Colby, Remy, Kayden, Ember, Mint, Joshua, Ron, and Aiden for …  Read More

You were made of something,  Swishing in obscene things,   In dark alleyways,    Toiling away,   Black corridors,   Smoking in Scrupulous  Solid  Silence    Tonight has just fallen,  Sulfur streetlamps  Feel so foreign    And today, …  Read More

you slouch into the passenger seat of your dad’s station wagon and absorb the wisdom of a Baptist preacher. His words search for you across radiowaves; vibrations find your bony body in the back roads …  Read More

Nowadays the vines are mulling their own, backwashing blackberries for reprieve. Wine-drunk they curl like tongues licking at the back of the throat for a little taste of themself, flavor already aftertaste. The drupelets’ sable …  Read More

Now like any good Texas story, I will take you on a ride and you will swear you are not going to reach your expected destination, yet somehow, every blacktop road coalesces into a place …  Read More

If I could return— to the boy I once was, the child with quiet eyes, sickly body, and a spirit shrinking under the weight of names not chosen, I would kneel beside him at six …  Read More

We are proud to present Reverb of Resistance, a powerful evening of live music, visual art, and community connection, taking place Thursday, June 25 at The Grey Eagle Music Hall. The event is produced by …  Read More