Growing up in a Puerto Rican household in the South Bronx wasn’t easy. There was crime, asthma and vacant lots all around us. The Bronx had burned at one point and it is still building up. There were also superstitions for every type of occasion that […]
It started off with a smell. An odor. A sense of deja vu. I recognized that smell but couldn’t quite place it. I looked around walking up to the meters. It was a basement afterall and there could be a gas leak or other odd event. It is […]
Time was running out. She needed to make it back to Central Park before her carriage turned back into pumpkins. Fairy god-mother had changed the rules on her midway. It was a game of survivor at this point. She carried her mother’s bones in her backpack […]
She sauntered through the swamp, blissfully gliding through the muddy waters. The swamp was her home. The gators and mosquitoes were her protector. The bites didn’t matter. Nothing else mattered but this very second. The moment fill with thick air was to be savored. Just 20 seconds till […]
A storm was brewing. But the sun was going to shine brightly for a split second before the skies opened and let the hail reign. The little ones waited patiently in the dark corners of the building. Upon the hail hitting the ground, they would dance […]
Suspended animation in a room filled with water. That is where her mind went in the throughout the dreary day and week. Everything was a little slower than it should have been. Everyone was a passive-aggressive monster that she needed to blunt. She visualized herself surrounded […]
She sat at the piano itching to dance; wishing she could play a jitterbug. She looked around wondering where the piano had come from. She should be worried that the piano just appeared. But life was always strange with wall shadows guiding her through life. They continuously spoke […]
I was roadkill Left to rot I was roadkill Then I was not I was disconnected from life Others ignoring the lifeless bodies on the roads I was destined for more But then I was roadkill Rumble strips and salt licks No refuge or shelter I was roadkill Left […]
The bakery called to her after her strenuous morning workout. She went to have coffee surrounded by others so that she wouldn’t cry causing the heavily-sugared coffee to bubble. She sat with her croissant and latte dreaming of what was next. Around-the-world sailing? She couldn’t swim, though. […]
There is an an old piece of weather folklore that notes “Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky at morning, sailor’s warning”. Red sky at morning is said to signal rain.” But what about red rain? I have always loved the Peter Gabriel song of Red Rain. It is […]
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