Today, I got up all bright and peppy excited for a day of submitting my work. I labored for hours over my lists of places to submit and realized I don't know where I fit. I've published some amazing stuff in mediocre ways, and I have work I'm proud of that no one has seen.... Continue Reading →
An Impossible Task
Babies are born when a mommy and daddy love each other, And the stars all align, And no one gets sick, And all the genes add up correctly, And the mother is perfectly still, But not so perfectly still that the baby dies, And if the mothers doesn't take hot baths, But takes warm baths,... Continue Reading →
Watching from the outside
The doors are closing in front of me Things I'm doing are just a symptom of the winds that swirl outside. I can still see into the building Demons crashing and screaming against each other A sign up that all those outside are going to hell. Is that how it works? The Bible says Those... Continue Reading →
A Book
People talk about how reading a book is like going on a journey. In some ways, that's just a thing they say. But when you read something that really speaks, And especially if it is really about a journey, That thing they say holds something more. It is a reality that springs up in front... Continue Reading →
King and God
Duct tape clings to my face as twisting fingers pull and clasp at it. Fuck you monsters. I can't stop screaming as each moment passes. Moments have tendriled phlanges curling around themselves, Scraping their prey in millions of different directions at once. Stop the moments, Screaming at the top of my lungs, I beg for... Continue Reading →
Cash doesn’t make up for loss
A friend of mine died this week. I posted a status, my farewell to him, and the only comment on it is a friend of mine who reminds me that I should remind people about the fundraiser going around for him. That really hurt, and today she asked me to spread the word about the... Continue Reading →
Motherhood DID Ruin My Life
I keep seeing all these posts from other women that are supposed to be jabs at "the liberals" for talking about how miserable having lots of kids makes them.(I know I know Stereotype but it's not my stereotype it's theirs!) Instead it just makes me feel like they are showing off how awesome their life... Continue Reading →
Good Morning Chicago
It's the morning of the last day of my weekend travels and I am on SUCH a high from Chicago. So much energy and life! I took a couple of my friends down with me and we saw the beach, the pizza, the theaters, the stores, and even got forced to buy $10 of Victoria's... Continue Reading →
Lament of the Unorganized
I'm literally going to go crazy.I'm sitting here looking at a pile of papers that I am just supposed to know what to deal with.Here we moved you our here from another state and we are sweet and awesome people,Now you do everything, ask us anything you want!That line....oh how I hate that line "ask... Continue Reading →
Lost
I just want to write what I really feel, Don't really want to talk tonight. I just wanted to talk about what's sneaking out my windowpanes I can't express. I wanted to see your name on the ID again, I wanted that picture to great my eyes again. Everytime I see it, I see you and... Continue Reading →
SUZANNAGORETTI 