(a pseudonym)
Grief | Loss
We should go to church once more before you go. I will read you a children’s book I borrowed from the library. We can watch another movie or finish the one we started. I won’t tell you how it ends. I promise...
Abandonment
The only noise I made unlocking the front door was the low jingle of my house key against the metal chain that I kept around my neck…
Addiction | Friendship
Tucked away on a street in Southwest DC, near the border of Oxon Hill, Maryland, is my condo. The one with the orange building door. A pilot program. Revitalization. 1993. Other parts of DC need no revitalizing: the neighborhoods around Capitol Hill, Georgetown, the National Mall…
Influence
I am 14 when my brother hands me a joint…
Survival
There was nothing typical about Memorial Day weekend 2019 in Dayton. Some families, prepared to honor deceased loved ones who’d once served in the military, considered instead whether to attend a KKK Rally…
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