Tag: editing

I Have Dermatillomania, You’re Not Alone

***This was written for my Health Reporting Class: May 26, 2025*** I’ve had acne for over ten years. You wouldn’t know it, and many dermatologists don’t believe it. One time, the doctor gasped as I took off my Lancome foundation.  “Oh there it is!” she exclaimed as if she had never seen acne before, as […]

A Guide on How to Feel

I’m still here. A new poem from yours truly. Written on the Brown Line in Chicago. 9.29.22 at a bar in new york city i cried the grime caked under my finger nails and staining the tips the mascara smears under my eyes, blue shadows, rings of red like warpaint the way ink from a […]

The Void

11 October 2021 I trace the outline of the moon with the pad of my fingertip. the little divots and creases never appear to be as bright against the milky milieu of the night. spinning against through the void. the all encompassing manic swirl of stars that collapse and die in a dramatic finale.