A miracle I cannot shake Is that I’m here. Alive. Awake. In a world where all is fake— Manufactured realities Past generations failed to anticipate— From the deepest depths of ocean do Emerge the ghosts of stars we knew To navigate and to explore Eventually by machines that soared, For once they reflected off waters' edge But not with cities…

“And who are you little girl?” The anouncer leaned towards me. Shaking, a 21 year old version of myself spoke into the microphone: I couldn’t even say my own costume’s name. I trembled. *Record Scratch* How did I find myself dressed as Anne Frank in a room full of people…

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How to Translate South American Idioms as a Dumb American with a Chilean Friend One night about a year ago I sat in a café in Capitol Hill across from a Chilean friend as we attempted to translate an idiom. …

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