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Who Is He (And What Is He To You?) (Jesse Rice-Evans)

after Grey’s Anatomy S13E16 If you’re having second thoughts, remember that it happens to all of us: knowing that sitting in windowless rooms becomes normal; the smeared latinate language that …

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Jesse Rice-Evans

Selective Mutism
(Alison Bennett)

she is fight or flight volcanic dynamite a raging accident that was never meant to happen so she begins to swallow her voice into pretend smiles her body now a …

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Alison Bennett
Two women dancing in wheelchairs

The Artistry of the Amputee Dancer (Lawrence Shapiro)

Darting eyes flicker back and forth across a barren stage The gazelle prance in rapid motion One lower extremity present One lower extremity absent Shock waves at the barren amputee …

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Lawrence Shapiro

The Journey Back (Gayle Kennedy)

One of my earliest memories (and one verified by mother and various relatives) is of me standing on a table surrounded by smiling people as I sang the old country …

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Gayle Kennedy
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    • The Journal
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