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My Life is Monotony and I am Doing Nothing About It

Where I work, the line can sometimes grow to stretch out the door, especially on a Sunday afternoon. I immediately learned the importance of efficiency, speaking quickly to customers, having a pen ready before they’ve realized that they even need one…efficiency drives productivity. As the assembly line chugs along, the rays of the sun growContinue reading “My Life is Monotony and I am Doing Nothing About It”

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My Race Is a Tattoo

This is a guest post written for Afro Girl Talks. Read the original here. Your race is a permanent tattoo that people can see from far away, and before they’ve seen the whites of your eyes, they’ve started to identify you. When though, do they start to make something of it? When I was in pre-school,Continue reading “My Race Is a Tattoo”

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A Day in the Life of a High School Blogger

Everyday I roll out of bed, refreshed, at 6 am. Tiptoeing downstairs, I pour myself a cup of tea and sit out on the porch for two hours in a earth-toned shawl, writing in my moleskin notebook. By the time I’m done, I’ve got a few pages filled with high-quality writing. Then I clean upContinue reading “A Day in the Life of a High School Blogger”

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PTSD

Remember this smooth coffee, this crisp biscuit It will never be without weevils or sand If you manage to return, plan to walk your dog It won’t matter where your foot lands —

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11 Things to Do the Summer Before You Leave For College

1. Read classic books, and watch classic movies. Become cultured. 2. Let go of petty high school things. Make up with people you fought with, people you isolated, and start college off without something clawing at your past. 3. Clean up your social media. Delete anything that might endanger your opportunities for work opportunities, friendContinue reading “11 Things to Do the Summer Before You Leave For College”

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English is My Favorite Subject

In 9th grade, English was all about hammering down the basics of essays. We learned how to construct a thesis and communicate an argument in five paragraphs. In 10th grade, it was about perfecting the structures of the papers that we wrote. It was incorporating quotes appropriately and eliminating “to-be” verbs. In 11th grade, weContinue reading “English is My Favorite Subject”

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Never forget where you come from.

When I was a toddler, my pre-school had a total of six, large classrooms as well as one massive playground where the kids gathered and milled around for about an hour, everyday. We bounced tennis balls against the wall and called it “wall-ball” but when I went back there as a teenager, the classrooms lookedContinue reading “Never forget where you come from.”

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I was in a car accident, and I don’t know if I’ll ever be the same again

I’ve started collaborating with Lauren over at Afro Girl Talks, and here is the first post I wrote for her site. Read the original here: Car crashes aren’t always as dramatic as they seem, as the movies have taught us to believe. There’s not always a screeching of tires, the shattering of glass, your lifeContinue reading “I was in a car accident, and I don’t know if I’ll ever be the same again”

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Driven Mad By Time

In this room I am suffocating the walls, the desks, the floor, the boards are all a varying shade of cream