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Halloween: An Obvious Evil
October is here. Parents are stocking the closets with the best goodies. Others are hanging skeleton bones in bushes, hiding pretend mice behind counters, and preparing pumpkin pie recipes. On the other side of the coin, children are deciding which of their favorite hero to honor this year, how long should the witches nose be,… Continue reading
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When Death Gives Birth to Humility
Have you ever felt guilty trying to console someone who has lost a loved one even though it’s not your fault? Like, why do we say we’re sorry in the first place? What have we ourselves done? We apologize because we’re sorry for their sadness, and also because somehow, their loss has humbled us: “It… Continue reading
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Cousin
She walks but she sleeps… she sleeps her way down 35th street, Chicago’s State Streets. The project life booming lights camera action, whistles blowing the street life calling undressing her body with its eyes for she blooms into this new body just as suddenly as the sky rises she rises into womanhood……. since that first… Continue reading
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