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Different Springs: The World Is a Maze. {poetry}

The world is a maze. There are only intersections when necessary, and the entrances, once entered, vanish.

Such Tormentful Arrival. {spoken word poetry}

The sum is greater than its parts, but such a large conception is off even the most fantastic of radars. It is nothing in which earthen jugs can participate.

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Provocateurs: Do What Enlivens Your Soul. {poetry}

We will not be overwhelmed by corrupt power's parasitic presence, the twisted notion that we can metabolize poison by contorting our soul while Rome burns.

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I Cannot Tell the Difference. {poetry}

I found no difference in the killing of eight-year-old Kathua in Kashmir and 23-year-old Nirbhaya in Delhi. Which one was worse, I do not know.

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Some Men Aren’t Worth a Poem. {poetry}

Every woman has a door to her heart. The door is always locked. And some men come with keys, others come with hammers. Know the difference.

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In the Midst of Darkness. {poetry}

I allowed myself a month to weep and moan, then switched things up before darkness engulfed me. My therapist asked me to write about being in quarantine.

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Evidence of Pain. {poetry}

The poem demonstrates, at the core, a very vulnerable voice -- the voice of every individual who lives with any kind of persistent pain.

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Tea in Sweden: I’d Like a Vacation From It All. {poetry}

A lesson few earthlings have learned is it’s not what you’re looking at, it’s what you see. We do it all the time, we still haven't grasped its totality.