Tag: college

• She Texted Me About a Dress

  She Texted Me About a Dress She texted me about a dress She texted me at 5:26 I replied at 7:22, rejected. I didn’t cry but I could feel my disappointment clenched chest. I felt my mother’s eyes on me as I coldly recalled for her the results. I cut off every word of comfort…

  ateerablackwood

  September 9, 2022

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  acceptance letter, best friend, college, completed work, friendship, personal, poem, poetry, prose, text, true story, writing

• Practical. Perfect. Princeton.

  Practical. Perfect. Princeton. The first two were traits that she needed to have.  The third was a destination. A destination that if she failed to arrive at would make her whole journey meaningless. It was because of the place that Olive’s toys had been taken away from her early. Nerf or nothing? Try Princeton or…

  ateerablackwood

  August 28, 2022

  Completed Works

  academics, college, perfect, practical, practical. perfect. princeton., pressure, princeton, prose, short story, writing