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Posted on Jun 19, 2021Jun 19, 2021 by: germadmin

Figs and the Pines by Romeo

Romeo is sixteen years old and from Australia. “i wish i knew where you came from.” that was haze. her. where, of any place i …

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Posted on Sep 4, 2020Aug 27, 2020 by: Saachi Shetty

Rain by Saachi Shetty

When the clouds are impregnated with infinite droplets of water, delicate enough to bequeath upon you a lifetime of experiences, and so Herculean enough to …

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Posted on Aug 14, 2020Aug 13, 2020 by: Jamie Nazario Black

The Stray by Jamie Nazario Black

On the best most special kind of Friday afternoons I’d sit in the velvety backseat of my father’s Buick, a tangled bundle of excitement, because …

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Posted on May 26, 2020May 25, 2020 by: Karen Manabat

You Keep Me Sane by Karen Manabat

And for the nth time I bend back my head Laughing at the absurdity of it all I realized what a little piece of heaven …

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Posted on May 25, 2020May 25, 2020 by: Ronda Redmond

Where I’m From by Ronda Redmond

I am from glorified rice and scalloped potatoes, from floors washed on hands and knees, carpets vacuumed stubby; from lemon wedges rubbed in the armpits …

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Posted on Mar 16, 2020Mar 15, 2020 by: Germ Magazine guest author

No Sympathy from the Heat by Alyssa May Trifone

In Fort Myers, the weather doesn’t change much. Despite this, my grandmother will always tell you about the sun, how it chars your skin red …

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Posted on Feb 28, 2020Mar 4, 2020 by: Suzi Evelyn

full volume by Suzi Evelyn

Safe came in a spiral notebook. the tattoos left behind by lead showed me the unfiltered girl I’d almost marooned, buried in my labyrinth of …

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Posted on Jan 14, 2020Feb 24, 2020 by: Megan Tyler

It’s in our DNA by Megan Tyler

we are suppressing ourselves the women in my family have engraved a distinct self hatred into the lining of their skin carved food rules into …

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Posted on Nov 26, 2019Nov 25, 2019 by: Lyra Zapanta

A Dreaming Rock Like Me by Lyra Zapanta

How does one reach a star That shines out there in the universe Not begging to be noticed But unable to control its effect On …

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