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Posted on Jun 20, 2019Aug 13, 2019 by: Germ Magazine guest author

Walmart by Tina

is my least favorite store on earth. The lighting ghosts my face. The music is nauseating. And all their products remind me of little children …

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Posted on Jul 25, 2017Sep 5, 2017 by: Germ Magazine guest author

Palette by Esha

i once got asked “which color are you?” i sat there, perplexed not knowing what he meant reading my face, i guess, he said “each …

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Posted on Jun 24, 2017Aug 9, 2017 by: Germ Magazine guest author

Flowers (or, A Beginner’s Guide to Surviving Sexual Assault) by Daniel Garcia

1. On the days where you feel more victim than survivor, remember that this was not your fault. There is no blueprint for dealing with …

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Posted on Jun 13, 2017Jul 5, 2017 by: Germ Magazine guest author

PULSE by Megan Falley

Filmed by Ali Bibbo & Sarah Megyesy. Edited by Sarah Megyesy.       Megan Falley is the queer femme author of two full-length collections of poetry on Write Bloody Publishing. Her chapbook, Bad Girls, Honey …

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Posted on May 11, 2016May 31, 2016 by: Germ Magazine guest author

Body Parts by Kathryn Malnight

You say you do not like the idea of bodies. Afraid of being nothing more than your weathered hands or shaky knees, I question whoever …

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Posted on Mar 28, 2016Apr 18, 2016 by: Germ Magazine guest author

Certainty by Desiree C. Sumocol

I need love. The kind of love that’s gentle and calm. A love that whispers in my ears every morning, with a cup of coffee …

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Posted on Oct 20, 2015Nov 16, 2015 by: Seanna Pratt

Writing as an Outlet: An Interview with Tonya Ingram

Depression can sneak up behind you silently, encompass you, drown you, all the while you’re crying on your bedroom floor thinking, What the hell is …

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Posted on Sep 11, 2015Dec 3, 2015 by: Germ Magazine guest author

Fragmented by Meghana Mysore

I started speaking around the age of one. But the words weren’t very profound, no; they were nothing more than letters clumped together. Monosyllabic sounds …

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Posted on Jul 8, 2015Feb 12, 2019 by: Chloe Barreau

Barrier Gods by Chloe Barreau

The idea of writing a poem on the inside of an envelope — instead of a notebook — seems romantic after binging on fiction and …

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