Author: Proletariat Press
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Miigwetch
Thank you. For being the last memoryof what it once felt like to feel safe to be myself. So I could finally wake up tothe contrast of howcold and calculatedthese arms were – like snakes, constricting, never tight enough to feel safe or a constant tethered choking. You were the last memory I had of…
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The Tower Upright
My only redemption for enduring this nightmare – is knowing for twelve years,I protected other women who may nothave been as equipped to move like waterto protect their open heart. To have seen the lust for power and control,and have the foresight to dangle the shiny coin,as armor to conceal what is not for sale.…
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Winner
Why did you try to grip reality so hard in the first place?Did you think you could hold it forever? Did you think you were a God or something?You asked me why I was being so cruel as you preparedcrocodile tears when I asked why would you lieabout putting the money I sent you in…
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The Last Bad Man
When I was 24 I got my first apartment by myself.You were paying your father rent to live at his house.You’d come sleep over on your days off and we hadspace to discover ourselves. It repulsed me that he made you pay half your check to live in his house. You paid $450 per month,…
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Decolonizing My Heart
When I began remembering, there was no turning back. I followed the thread back to the seeds you planted at the very beginning during the moments when you noticed I was distracted. You thought I was a subject that could be observed and studied, combed through like a Wikipedia article until mastered. You saw an…
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There’s an Owl
How could I forget my knowing? Slowly, like a wave erodes the shore. Stolen inch by inch until I gave you more, Freely; of my own accord. Until it became the new way, Then it was just the way. Walking, always just behind. At a pace you set without direction. Speeding up like a race,…
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Global Capitalism and the Perpetuation of Intractable Conflict
The Industrial Revolution marked a profound period in human history that witnessed economic, technological, and social innovations that led to cascading changes all around the world. The technological advancements such as machinery and steam engines modernized manufacturing processes that enabled the mass production of goods that was unlike anything ever seen before. The industrial improvements…
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