Category: Creative Writing

  • Cyclical (Essay Two)

    Menstruation: No fertilized egg has implanted itself in the uterine wall, so the thickened lining of the uterus sheds. It’s a miserable spring cleaning. An unwelcome, usually painful visitor  reminding me of my reproductive duty. I take a couple Advil and migrate to the bathroom. There I don my armor for the day, cotton cylinders…

  • Medication: A Morsel of Me (Final Portfolio Piece)

    I. Crashing  You take medicine because there’s something wrong, because you want to fix something. There’s a pain in your knee or your sinuses are congested. For something to be fixed, it must first be broken or incorrect in some way. Medicine is a remedy to an ailment.  Addicts need something to survive: a drug,…