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PROSE SHAKIYA ✰ PROSE SHAKIYA ✰

WHO WILL CRY FOR THE LITTLE GIRL?

Shakiya writes through the mental landscape of her assault, how she carried the weight of her trauma, and how she went on to defeat everything: her circumstance, her fear, her anxiety, and her assailant. The little girl cries but she dreams as well.

published July 22, 2022

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POETRY BLOO POETRY BLOO

CARBON COPY

Bloo paints the picture of her becoming and says goodbye to what she became in this epic poem.

published July 5, 2022

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