Tag: piercing
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The time I fainted in the piercing parlor
A memory In keeping with this week’s theme of body mutilation, I give you the story of the time I got my nose pierced. Susan and I are shopping one day when I mention that the piercing place next door is supposedly THE place to get pierced in Charlotte. I have only bought jewelry from…
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My 2 yo niece wants a nose ring
Mia (my niece): what’s that on your nose? Me: it’s a nose ring Mia: my nose ring? (as she points at her nose) Me: no, it’s my nose ring! Mia: I want it! I want a nose ring!
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My 2 yo niece wants a nose ring
Mia (my niece): what’s that on your nose? Me: it’s a nose ring Mia: my nose ring? (as she points at her nose) Me: no, it’s my nose ring! Mia: I want it! I want a nose ring!
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Poetry assignments
I have a minor in Creative Writing from Winthrop University. Between that and my mass communication (print journalism) degree, when I was in college, I was constantly writing. After college, I got a job as an editor/designer, and I stopped writing. For a long time. I longed to get it back, and eventually I started…
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Fainting at the piercing parlor
The room crashes and burns purple ceiling closes in Bright light seems – hospital-like but no white coats at this operation Strange faces look down at me a familiar one – but I do not recognize Have I been sleeping this whole time? Dreams were good and awakening rough So much more pain to…