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  • Underneath the Surface of Optimism

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Author: Chasity Gaines

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    Pangea’s Dilemma: The Looking-Glass

    By Chasity Gaines
    September 4, 2023
    Pangea gripped the cold metal of the polished mirror and slumped in her green chair. Tears tumbled down her face. Her eyes were the ...
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    Rebellion: A Poem

    By Chasity Gaines
    March 8, 2021
    "Gnawing on double-knotted apron stringsDesperate for release Tormented torturer"
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    The Un-Mothering

    By Chasity Gaines
    May 18, 2020
    My breast aches even though never suckled My chest is your comfortable favorite cushion They ache from not knowing My own children The young ...
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    Phrenology Of Shadows And Light

    By Chasity Gaines
    March 2, 2020
    Illuminated skull Misshapen by shadows Casting a gaunt face Held tightly against the bones By shimmery tacks of light A hollow vessel, for nothing, ...
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    The Borgia’s Ascendancy

    By Chasity Gaines
    March 2, 2020
    Chapter One   I was once a young man riding the long train of my uncle, Pope Calixtus III. I began a career within ...
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    Finding A Friend In Death 

    By Chasity Gaines
    February 24, 2020
    Death, my old foe Kindly released me from this mortal flesh Prone to disease and decay Set free, my soul to roam Not anchored ...
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    Spring’s Victory

    By Chasity Gaines
    February 17, 2020
    Dandelion pompoms Adrift in the breeze Each sprightly seed A nimble cheerleader spreading Spring’s spirited message Of a triumphant return Defeating Winter’s grey depressed ...
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    Scotland’s Heretic Queen

    By Chasity Gaines
    February 17, 2020
    What wretchedness ‘Tis to be born the wrong sex ‘Specially, so if one’s royalty and that’s what befell Queen Mary of Scotland just a ...
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    Ode To Books

    By Chasity Gaines
    February 10, 2020
    Knowledge and ideas abound within the pages can be found the smell of ink conjuring images in a blink journey to distant lands all ...
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    Summoning Ripper

    By Chasity Gaines
    February 10, 2020
    Chapter One Jack the Ripper became the name I am remembered by, however; my Christian name was Albert. Named for our matronly Queen Victoria’s ...
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