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Acceptance by Veronica Wanchena

May 26, 2017 | Essay, Image, Issue 3: Forgive, Forget, or Fuck Off, Veronica Wanchena

“My grief lies all within; and these external manners of lament are merely shadows to the unseen grief that swells with silence in the tortured soul.” – William Shakespeare Acceptance November 2006 Acrylic on Canvas 16 x 20 This quote from Shakespeare about...

Untitled by R. De Santos

May 26, 2017 | Essay, Issue 3: Forgive, Forget, or Fuck Off, R. De Santos

When I was nine, I sat, afraid, in a confession booth in the church I had been unwillingly dragged to nearly every Sunday of my life. The same church where I had been forced to sit and listen to the prayers and preaching of people I thought were full of shit. I always...
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