: About Me

Short, dark-haired, slightly crazy and in a long-term relatioship.  Punkish and loves to read. Intelligent, slightly neurotic, loves animals and has a cat. Likes space, alone time and meaningful conversations. Heros include: Toni Morrison, Neil Gaiman, Charles De Lint, Marie de France, John Keats, Martin Luther King Jr, Joan of Arc, my Nanny, my little sisters, my boyfriend and my parents.

My passion is ...

learning, dancing, garment construction.

I know too much about ...

health problems.

My parents always told me ...

that I was neurotic.

My childhood ambition ...

to be a scientist - a marine biologist.

Why I write ...

to relieve anxiety, to figure things out, to plan, to dream, to entertain.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

reading: Dante's Divine Comedy, watching: Rome, season 2, listening to: Speak for Yourself by Imogen Heap

My first job ...

A house cleaner.

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Asking why

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After Burn Bone-crushing thirst. Neck and jaw: stiffer than before. You glide to work in misty, awkward memories. Beneath the sterile lights You slowly excavate scattered Pieces of your Dignity and last Night From the memory fog.

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