Inside the tall building that is a hospital and a school and a shopping center. I am following Mario World’s Star Road. Next stop is the 6th floor. The hallways are full of water. We have to bail with buckets to get the elevator to come to us. On the 6th floor I strip and […]
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it’s the 19th century. in our heavy cotton white night gowns i check my sister’s hair and see bugs in it. if her hair has bugs, then mine does too. i put her to bed and go look at myself in the mirror. the lantern behind me makes the mirror dark. i’m not at all […]
walking to a small brick school in a row of town homes. the army rushes in wearing SWAT gear. i take the first left turn once inside and run up the stairs. i hide behind a partition and put a chair in front of me. i know they’re not there for me, that they’re there […]
running to class. taking a shortcut i remember like muscle memory in this UK city. i go into a building and take a narrow winding stone staircase up to a bridge that will bring me across the street to the second level of another building. but this bridge is freaking ancient. the sides have mostly […]
cleaning up a second floor common area in our dorm/school. it’s a huge open space with white couches lining the walls. a guy is there and he’s nervous because it’s his first day working for us. he’s running the before and after school program for local kids. he asks me how many kids he should […]
my little sister tells me she will share the staff with me. i’m so freaking excited! it means i don’t have to fight her for it. it’s obvious to everyone that it has always been mine. i open the school locker and pull it out. it’s almost as tall as i am, standing there in […]
I approach the enormous school building. The pillars in front seem to reach the sky, the gray stone walls extend a city block at least. I’m here for a reason. I’m burning. There was a spark and now I feel it growing within. Walking is ecstatic meditation over hot coals. Everyone is settled in already, […]
