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• Nonfiction > Travel & Culture
  A Florence Fiasco

  

  By dubs59, Arlington Heights, IL

  As we walked down the narrow, cobblestone street to our Florence, Italy, hotel, I could feel myself holding my breath. “Don’t expect anything special. In fact, this hotel room will probably be the smallest one we stay in this whole trip,” my mom warned. After the cramped basement apartment...
• Opinion > Social Issues / Civics
  Fitting In Is Overrated

  

  By dubs59, Arlington Heights, IL

  I think I was born in the wrong decade. I don’t like the new millennium, I really don’t. I don’t understand the media, the people, the mindset. Why do songs have to be crude? Is nothing precious anymore? A line needs to be drawn, like it used to be. Sure, hint at whatever your imaginati...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  Hidden in Plain Sight

  

  By dubs59, Arlington Heights, IL

  Everyone is unique, right? That's what we've been told from day one. But parents have some explaining to do, because that's not how we're treated. Any by “we,” I mean middle children, of course. There is nothing special about how we are treated or raised. We become a muddled mixture of our t...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  whats wrong with sitting alone?

  

  By dubs59, Arlington Heights, IL

  whats wrong with sitting alone? people walk past sidelong glances she must not have any friends poor poor girl all alone but whats wrong with sitting alone? whats wrong with sitting alone? one good reason why i should stop offer up a suggestion tell me what to do i just need to know wh...
• Nonfiction > Memoir
  The Rusty, White Pick-Up

  

  By dubs59, Arlington Heights, IL

  As a kid, I thought the world was my oyster. A place where I could do whatever I wanted. A place where the meaning of life was having fun. A place where I had the final say. Of course, things weren’t really like that. But I didn’t completely understand that. Every day after school, I met my ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Best Friends Forever

  

  By dubs59, Arlington Heights, IL

  It’s funny how things change So unexpectedly So fast. It’s funny how one day One moment Can be so perfectly normal And the next So far from it. Flash back eight years To the fourth grade. Five people meeting For the very first time. Instantly connected. Best friends forever But ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Drama

  

  By dubs59, Arlington Heights, IL

  Drama hoists her too-large Coach tote onto her shoulder As she gets out of her too-large Cadillac Escalade And grabs her too-large venti Caramel Macchiato With soymilk to save calories, of course. Drama clanks her Jimmy Choo stilettos along the sidewalk, Tosses her keys to the valet, Since sh...