Tag: mental illness
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Broken Toy
I accidentally introduced my colleagues to the real me, and now, apparently, they’re scared of me. I have become a monster in their eyes, and I suppose it should come as no surprise, When I’ve been wearing a disguise for the past five years, They were scared by the raised voice and puffed chest, And…
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Battery Pack
As I sit on the top floor of my work building, back nestled against the safety door that leads to the roof, I try to ignore the pulse in my forehead, the result of a morning of pretending. Pretending is hard. It’s like turning one of those new-fangled cordless vacuum cleaners up to maximum and…
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Pachyderm Fight Club
Sharing something a little different today: It shouldn’t really come as a surprise to anyone who knows me, but there is an elephant in the room. An enormous, fuck-off elephant, and nobody is talking about it. Seriously?! It’s like Pachyderm Fight Club. First rule of Pachyderm Fight Club? Well, you know. This particular elephant is…
Serena Malcolm 