I last finished an essay before Christmas, 2022, and I don’t think I captured what I wanted to say about the current moment we’re all living in. I wanted to write about how I emerged from the rubble of lockdown and personal crisis and felt certain aspects of my old life chafing. I wanted toContinueContinue reading “Learning to Make Fire”
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One Year Later
I was alone so longI didn’t even know that I was lonelyOut in the cold so longI didn’t even know that I was coldTurned my collar to the windThis is how it’s always been All I’ve ever known is how to hold my ownAll I’ve ever known is how to hold my ownBut now IContinueContinue reading “One Year Later”
Superhero Origin Story
Well I’m on my way/I don’t know where I’m going/I’m on my way/Takin’ my time but I don’t know where. — Paul Simon It’s my first shift at work on Adderall and I feel like Peter Parker when he turned from being a nerdy outcast into a badass who could shoot spider webs from hisContinueContinue reading “Superhero Origin Story”
Autobiography of a “Schmidiot”
“This one a long time have I watched. All his life he has looked away to the future…to the horizon. Never his mind on where he was. Hmm? What he was doing!” –Yoda, The Empire Strikes Back” I step into the kitchen and my mom asks, “Do you think it’s working?” “I don’t think so.ContinueContinue reading “Autobiography of a “Schmidiot””
Natalie Bograd 