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Sabrina Cermeno

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Sabrina Cermeno

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Veritophobia by Claire Ochieng

These days, 

I've been throwing up 

words with the ash you spit 

down my throat

and I keep rearranging 

the mess,  

trying

to find something 

worth saying to you

but it all sounds like

"take me, I'm yours"

and I can't say that

because you'd look at me,

shake your head

"oh darling, 

I don't

love

you

didn't you know?"

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春日庭中漫步有感赋诗一首赠禹欣同学

梅花亭畔柳曛晨，微雨清风颔早春。

他岁桃花相映日，笑颦犹是当年人。

When I should be walking,

In a fairy garden spot,

Where the water was ever shiny

And the flowers ever smile.

The willows’ floating leaves looked so shy,

That they even blocked the sight of sky.

A little fall of rain,

A little blow of wind,

They were singing, indeed,

For the gentle early spring,

Among all the blossoming flowers,

There was one that attracted me most,

Where the weather was heavenly fine,

I saw thee, the lover of mine!

That day thy smile shineth with the sun,

All I wished was that,

At the end of my day,

I can still feel thy face,

Where smiles never fade.

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Pia Michelitsch

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Distraught by Claire Ochieng

The forest is calming; The trees and the breeze and the leaves put me at ease. 

  The sun is determined to find us all. In between the oak branches, I see the golden rays. 

  Overwhelmed by the humidity, I sit motionless in the grass. “Let it go, this too shall pass.”

  The forest is hypnotising; The trees and the breeze and the leaves make me dizzy. 

  The sun pursues us all. In between the oak branches, I am stabbed with the golden rays. 

  Suffocating from the humidity, I sit passed out in the grass.  “Let it go, this too shall pass.”

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A Suburban Anthem by Claire Ochieng

In the suburbs with the houses and trees, 

You were sitting amongst the grass and leaves

  I was sitting amongst the flowers and bees, 

hoping one day to be infinitely free

  We were trapped behind our white picket fences and grievances, unable to progress

  There was nothing for us in the suburbs and we were forever depressed. 

  So you got the keys, I got the gun, and we drove away-- Living in the suburbs, your choices are to kill yourself, or stay.

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Photos by Olivia Noss