Spit and Spine
Where Silence Comes to Scream
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The water reflected the sky, bright and burning, rippling the clouds in each crash of the soft waves. We were infinite, just as we always were when we were together. The moments around us couldn’t penetrate this tick of time we shared. It wasn’t special, it wasn’t different. It wasn’t anything we didn’t already do,…
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Imagine with me… 100 people in a room.Forced to look at each other. Fifty men. Fifty women. 58 are white.19 are Hispanic or Latino.12 are Black.6 are Asian.5 are multiracial or something else they’re tired of having to explain. 91 finished high school.38 made it through college. 29 are Democrats.27 are Republicans.The other 43? Independent,…
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Fluttering softly, its wings tremble.The moth sees the light.But through its venture across the air,With the quick swish of wings,It propels into the invisible wall.Confusion aching through its body,It hits the wall again.If only it could reach the light. Up and down.From this clear wall to the next.Hours pass but time stands stillAs the light…
Spit and Spine 