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My City By: Elliot Martin

January 30, 2020January 30, 2020 by pwatem

Illustrated By: Amina Coleman-Davis The concrete jungle speaks. I hear its voice “Give me liberty or give me death!” It echoes. God speaks in this city. The city will not

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HUNGRY GIRLS By: Nadia Leiby

November 27, 2019November 21, 2019 by pwatem

We are the hungry girls. Greasy hair and soft lips, we pore over our vices like rats in a dumpster tones no longer hushed as we wail our deepest fears

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TO THE FIRST PERSON WHO TOOK CARE OF MY BODY By: Nadia Leiby

November 21, 2019November 21, 2019 by pwatem

I am bathing in the taste of yesterday’s you, Slivers of ourselves tucked between my sheets You, mumbling beautiful nonsense, face pressed against my breast, the sirens of Richmond outside

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Back Issues by: Jonathan Nichols

October 31, 2019November 4, 2019 by pwatem

TW: Abuse             When I was a kid, I remember learning to say my complete address as if it were one word. I repeated it often, sometimes in my head;

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The Valley by: Saira Ramos

October 25, 2019October 26, 2019 by pwatem

T.W: reference to abuse  In her dreams he would taunt her, older in this world but still the same gentle face that watched her as she cradled him in her

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