Kathryn D'Agostino

Author: Kathryn D’Agostino

  • woe-MEN

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    Originally Posted on March 10th, 2023 In a field dominated by women you would think there would be an overflowing of empathy and compassion but instead there are the shrieking cries of “pick me.” Women who have tricked themselves into believing that if they inflict pain on their fellow sisters they will be spared the…

  • Stranger

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    Originally Posted on March 9th, 2023 In the distance stood the Table mountain, the lack of peak blunted against the blue and white sky, the sun reflecting off of the snowy sides. I was walking on the frozen sand, waves lapping ever so gently on the shore. He looked over at me with a knowing…

  • They Killed Me

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    Originally Posted on March 8th, 2023 They took my life away/ ripped my beating heart from my chest and dangled it in front of my face. They said they were being nice/ said they were good people doing good things. They said they work for the government so that makes their actions wholesome and pure.…

  • Scream

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    Originally Posted on February 27th, 2023 stuckfrustrated annoyed confused conversations no explanation purge me of every thought in my head one at a time screamrespond people in the middle of the night everyone in a delusional land refuse acknowledge no control release into the abyssscreamfall see where the ground meets  life ends or begins or…

  • She

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    Originally Posted on February 24th, 2023 I don’t want to face a younger me And tell her it doesn’t get better. Tell her she is let down by society. Her goodness does not matter.People will hurt her and they wont think twice. People will hurt her and they wont think twice. She will spend time…

  • A Short Poem

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    Originally Posted on May 3rd, 2020 There is a space inside my mind     Two Lines An intersection of sorts Leading to nothingness towns

  • Edits

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    Originally Posted on April 26th, 2020 I haven’t actually talked much about myself on this blog, at least not directly. I think I can safely assume 99% of the people reading this do not know that I’m currently working on a Ph.D. in Archaeology (Anthropological Archaeology to be specific but that’s for another blog post).…

  • Willingness

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    Originally Published on April 19th, 2020 It feels like my whole life my biggest dream has been to climb a mountain and scream at the top of my lungs. I’ve seen them do it in movies and they always feel better afterward. But maybe that’s just a metaphor for how opening our voices to the…

  • Creation

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    Originally Posted on April 12th, 2020 I was first taught to knit when I was eight years old / By a teacher during a bout of indoor recesses / One particularly snowy winter / When I decided I was too old for my blankie / I reworked it into a small stuffed animal / Many…

  • Collections

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    Originally Posted on April 5th, 2020 Every day I’m taken to my knees at the plethora of bullshit compounding infinitely. I fill journals, post-its, and apps. I write pages in the morning or sitting in the bath, trying my best to make sense of the avalanche of potential nothings in front of me. I’ve kept…