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Poems: Reflections from a Japanese Incense Ritual

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                                                           ========================================================================== Hands, though washed, contain scents of day. Ancient tradition overshadowed by Coconut Verbena and the fade of dying rose, placed in the shaky hands of a child attempting to remember a time she has not lived. ========================================================================== Evergreen's defense against pine beetles. Mica plate set atop ash from flames. Reminder of childhood. ========================================================================== Attempt to rid self of lotion makes attemptee feel like a cricket. Laughs from the Koh-do master bring joy. Remembrance of steps, achieved, and incense remains in it's place. Success. ========================================================================== (image: Cristina Jaleru – lifeofvenus.com)
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The Hungry

   The Hungry There is a beast that lives in the deep shadows, where no animal has ever seen it's true face. It calls to it's followers, a selection from those who have felt ostracized from the pack. It tells it's followers: "I am Hungry. So are you." "What must we eat?" "Well, you could eat plants and berries like the small birds and herbivores. But you are not like Them. You are better because you eat meat. So you must eat them and feed Me." And they do. "I am Hungry. So are you." "What must we eat?" "Well, you could eat bugs and fish like the small mammals. But you are not like Them. You are better because you eat the strong. So you must eat them and feed Me." And they do. "I am Hungry. So are you." "What must we eat?" "Well, you could eat the already dead like the scavengers. But you are not like Them. You are better because you eat the live. So you must eat them and feed Me." And
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My First-Term College Evaluation (The interesting parts)

Who are you? How would you define yourself? I’m Ahna Dwyer. I’m a nineteen year old AroAce person. I use She/They pronouns and don’t feel all that attached to gender as a concept. I’ve been described as quiet or apathetic by some, but I see myself as caring and compassionate, it’s just not in a very “outloud” way. I help when I can and I want the best for most people. I think I am fairly smart (although there will always be many things I don’t know), creative, adaptable, and pragmatic. I have trouble seeming the way I feel inside to others outside of myself, but I’m hoping I’ll find a way to even that out someday. How does (the dominant/hegemonic) culture define you? I was once fairly influenced by dominant culture. I believed that I had crushes on the boys in my class, I believed that I’d end up getting married one day and have kids. I believed that school and grades were what determined my worth to others and if I wasn’t actively working for society, I didn’t deserve to live in it
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  How Little Inferno (2012) Portrays Consumerism and Isolation Little Inferno (2012) Game Written by Kyle Gray Tomorrow Corporation Analysis by: Ahna Dwyer ( You are given a “Little Inferno Entertainment Fireplace” from Tomorrow Corp, with which to burn items from the series of catalogues you are now in possession of. Your only goal is to purchase from the Tomorrow Corp catalogues and then burn them, which earns you more money to spend on more things to burn.) Whilst initially presented as a time-waster pay-to-win game, Little Inferno soon turns into a parallel to our current American capitalist patriarchy shockingly well. The game seems to present both the negative impacts of blind consumerism and cultural hegemony on the mind, as well as the profound effects connection and relationship can have on breaking free of systemic oppression.  The player starts the game being told that 1. The world is slowly
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