Shirley Temple (revised)
December 5, 2012
Months since I’ve seen you, on an entirely flat day, a waitress sets a Shirley Temple in front of me, with that plump stemmed ruby
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Months since I’ve seen you, on an entirely flat day, a waitress sets a Shirley Temple in front of me, with that plump stemmed ruby
Stripped bare, aware of stark whiteness, except scars, wrinkles and moles, like the punctuation to my story. I’m lured by the lap of your perfumed
remind me again of that look in your eye that panic from asphyxiation then the joy of inhaling epiphany instead, show me how
Straps sliding down my slender arms unveil collarbones like kindling, revealing me like the bare neckline of a Duchess. I touch my hair, hard and
Your glance, magnetic, drew in mine, not askance, no, but open, kind, and I, entranced, betrayed my way to watch this gaze that mirrored the
As a creative writing major I get to study what I love, and take TONS of writing classes. Fun, right? Well, you’d sure think so.
Thou shalt seek the truth With only with a myopic, intolerant eye
They share a milkshake two straws protrude like those old style TV antennas dipped in red plastic Time is static Time is snow Bright eyes
To understand for what a person aimsWe often try to read them like a bookWe turn each page or play these vexing gamesFor something else
Working with the alternative coffee drink brand, MudWtr, I crafted a piece of content writing for their blog “Trends w/ Benefits” using extensive research and
I’m elated to share this landing page I crafted for EVEXIAS Health Solutions, on the heels of the FDA’s decision to recategorize certain therapeutic peptides
Here is a sponsored article I wrote for the black-owned business Ebony Marketing Systems, published in Minority Business Magazine. The story covers Kai Fuentes, president
In this blog post for University of Washington Bothell, I wrote about a new online game to track whales with citizen science.
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