While growing up, I moved frequently. I started in Kansas and shuffled to Texas, then Wisconsin, and back again. This gave way to a healthy imagination and a talent for looking at the scenery with an odd eye. Early, I showed an interest in films (put in
+ more bio informationThe New BeginningAugust 24, 2006The plane bounces like a roller coaster as it hits a pocket of turbulence. Without waking the person next to me rolls his head and lets out a loud snore. I sit hunched forward with my head between my knees. Bees play tag inside my brain, while my insides try to jump through my throat. I try to ... More..
Unique LullabiesThis passionthis obsessionWhen did itDevouryou?Were youcrawling,eating,discoveringdirt whenthis newFascination fascinatedyou? Didthe earthwormslither youa message?The roley poleyentertain youwith acrobatics?The ant scream"Out of the way?"Did yourintrigued littlechild mindwant to knowmore, more, more?Does anyth... More..
One Lone FishMy feet walk down crumbling sidewalks, turning left, right, then not turning at all. Vaguely, I hear streetlamps turn on with a buzz. I don't know where I'm going. I don't know where I've been. I don't know who I am. All I know is that I have to escape the quiet in my head. That stifling quiet that extinguishes t... More..
The LegendI stand at the top of the mountain looking down, down, down. To what? What did she see as she raised her arms letting her wish burn the air? Even now I feel the heat of her wish, a young desperate fire slashing at the rain. I want to know what she felt, to understand why she dove into this rosy legend, like it was H... More..
Mr. Elliot My story begins in late fall when the last of the leaves fall to the ground. Bo-ring. My story begins in late fall with a crisp wind that Snoring. Will you just listen? But it's boring. Girls! Do either of you want any milk and cookies? ... More..
Pear Toss and toss and toss and hungrily, I step down the stair basking in the kitchen finding the last delicious pear Devouring the strange, odd taste soon my mind is hazy and with sticky mouth and fingers I stumble up the stairs, lazily Peaking, hopeful, through the keyhole you are a knock away you see ju... More..
Stupid Dress Cinderella, Cinderella don't be jealous your sister's snotty dress is hideous All puff, no pizzazz All style, no taste (All corset, no breath) All ugly, all ugly Godey, Godey mold our dresses Not our bodies No more giant purple marshmall... More..
Enigmatic Haze drifts in a creeping mass of white forgetfulness around silent, but watchful stone pillars. It pulls my eyes through a fog, dank with a religious awe, but thick like Alabama mud, to a force of light that boxes the end of this enigmatic tunnel. What is beyond this embodied haze? these senti... More..
Jessica Lynn Lovelace
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