Dharini B
https://thedraftsfolder.substack.com
“Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly – they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced.”
― Brave New World
― Brave New World
“When I was growing up my mother used to tell me that the best gift parents could give their children was to have a strong and loving relationship with each other.”
― The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home
― The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home
“Writing is like sex. First you do it for love, then you do it for your friends, and then you do it for money.”
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“When I was young
I wanted to be just like him.
One of the charm, of a bright orange smile
and muscular laughter.
Bold brown eyes flashing fearless
when he sat not alone
on cold blue nights
in empty boxcars.
Riding a freight train's
solitary wail
away from Nebraska
Depression, accompanying dreams
withered farms.
Nothing left but the
leaves of possibilities.”
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I wanted to be just like him.
One of the charm, of a bright orange smile
and muscular laughter.
Bold brown eyes flashing fearless
when he sat not alone
on cold blue nights
in empty boxcars.
Riding a freight train's
solitary wail
away from Nebraska
Depression, accompanying dreams
withered farms.
Nothing left but the
leaves of possibilities.”
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