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I’ve been known to lash out, freak out, to hide how I feel.
I’ve been known to use things to numb my yesterdays,
To have strength, but allow words to break me,

to lie
to cheat
to steal
to hurt

I’ve been known
to overindulge
to try too late
to get lucky

I’ve been known to lie, to fib, to not tell all, to tell half-truths.  I’ve been known to do all these things to not hurt someone’s feelings, to keep a person

I’ve been known to fight now and ask questions later.
I’ve been known to put others down when I’m not that higher than them.
To forgive but never forget.

We were a stop on the Georgetown Haunted History Tour. We were awake the whole time it was happening, listening to the tour guide talk about us. Then we were asleep,

If ghosts were fertile, they wouldn’t look for the switch that turns on the flashlight. They
wouldn’t seek mirrors where they touch their own faces, where a sheet becomes a nightgown,

The ghosts we brought with us were thrilled by the new house. They flitted around, testing the light switches. Even the dust was fresh. Suddenly it didn’t seem so bad to be

Tripping over high heels, curlers, and pastel gowns, I snuck into my father’s house and found it boobytrapped with paisley evening dresses. These dresses haunted me because Mother would never wear them again. They

It’s a dance. All three of them have the steps written in their bones. The first darts out to the side, its paws barely touching the ground, each paw on a spring, popping back up before it has come to rest. And then the next, the chubby one,