I am missing five teeth, and I can’t stop talking about it. Whenever I have to play two truths and a lie: “I’m five foot seven, I’m part dead person, and I’m missing five teeth.” Whenever I have to say an interesting fact about myself: “I’m missing five teeth.” Whenever I’m asked how my weekContinue reading “My Tooth Saga”
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Sven and Ole Failed My AP Exam
A 14-minute read. It had begun at 8:15 in the morning–fifteen minutes late, I noted, as I pressed my finger against the tip of my pencil. Heaven forbid the lead fall out and I need to ask the proctor for a replacement. I didn’t want to walk to the front of the room, eighty eleventh-gradeContinue reading “Sven and Ole Failed My AP Exam”
The Hillman Apartments
A 16 minute read. Note: this is a fictional story. A fifteen foot U-haul with Wisconsin plates was bumping along South McKinney Street in the fading sunlight. The road was ancient, but a complete repaving wasn’t in the town budget. So it looked somewhat like a crazy quilt, with certain patches higher than others andContinue reading “The Hillman Apartments”
Other People’s Choices
a poem Beyond the window where I sitthree banners flythe illustrious red white and bluelit from behind by the evening sunthe tasteful green and goldof our beloved Universityand the sky-colored rectangle of South Dakotathat some idiot thought would be recognizable becauseeveryone can see a smelting furnace anda man plowing with draft horses anda herd ofContinue reading “Other People’s Choices”
Ellen Sheehy 