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Author has written 14 stories for Politics, Life, Nature, General, and General. Name: Myr Age: 20 Location: Seattle, Washington Career: Archaeology I'm a senior in college, majoring in anthropology and intending - at the time this is written - to enter the field of archaeology upon completion of my degree; I have, however, always been a hobby writer and artist and I spend most of my spare time reading (which is hard not to do when you work in a library) and writing poetry, plays, and short fiction. | |||||||
1. SpanglishWords are like roadmaps sometimes. You can know exactly where the speaker has been, and very occasionally, where they're headed.Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 265 - Published: 3-18-12 - Complete2. Ode to the Addict reviewsDr. Seuss on heroin.Poetry: Politics - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 385 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 1-29-12 - Complete3. Out of a Small Place, DreamingIt never ceases to amaze me; coming to know the world and all its little places, and then turning a corner one day, finding, inevitably, that something somewhere has been entirely overlooked.Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 160 - Published: 1-18-12 - Complete4. Occupy reviewsAnd nothing ever really changes.Poetry: Politics - Rated: K - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 167 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11-4-11 - Complete5. MeatBut all of it was language and then none of it was words.Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 287 - Published: 9-28-11 - Complete6. SynaesthesiaThe subjective sensation of a sense other than the one being stimulated. Like one thing being traded for another; like remembering and choosing to forget.Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,016 - Published: 9-24-11 - Complete7. BecomingAnd do you remember all those little moments of your life – those glimpses, little glances - that lead to you becoming exactly who you are today?Fiction: General - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,896 - Published: 9-20-11 - Complete8. The Primal DisconnectIt's instinct. Like being able to change subconsciously when your brain realizes that it's given you too much power, and decides to tune you out for just a little while.Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 374 - Published: 9-20-11 - Complete9. Stockholm SyndromeSpirit and body are a long unquestioned marriage. But why are these two things ever together from the start? What draws them in unfailingly? And why does their relationship always seem to sour, ending in bitter divorce, after a lifetime of quiet drifting?Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 291 - Published: 9-20-11 - Complete10. A Requiem for ProgressHistory is all too often the story of us and them, of man and woman, conqueror and conquered; two things which depend unerringly upon one another and will never be equal by default.Poetry: Politics - Rated: K - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 201 - Published: 9-18-11 - Complete11. In the Age of ApologiesNothing lasts forever; progress cripples itself; and no amount of zeal or well-wishing can counteract the simple fact that America is herself quite young, and youth has always been a time of great mistakes and scarring.Poetry: Politics - Rated: T - English - Drama/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 270 - Published: 9-18-1112. The Sharecropper's PlaintWell, I must have been just good enough to be born in the land of the free, and just bad enough, good lord of mine, to be born in Tennessee.Poetry: Politics - Rated: K+ - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 304 - Published: 9-18-11 - Complete13. Anyman's Guide to EmpathyThe word "ennui" was first introduced to me by a homeless, self-appointed theologian who wrote the word on a scrap of notebook paper, passed it across the table to me and said, in her honest way, "I don't know how you say it. It means 'to feel empty.'"Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 349 - Published: 9-17-11 - Complete14. The Urban Legend reviewsChildren escape circumstance by weaving a tapestry of wonder and myth. They create out of sorrow a series of apologies, a narrative of fate and quiet denial in which their world makes sense and their suffering is a thing of beauty. It is the urban legend.Poetry: Politics - Rated: K - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 430 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 9-17-11 - Complete
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