Self portrait as a snake
These scales just don’t come off like they used to. I pick and I pick and I pick and they peel off one at a time, painfully, taking...
Dreams smell like lemon
The apartment is clean I say with satisfaction Tiles scrubbed, kitchen disinfected, laundry folded Never mind tomorrow Today is neatly...
Happy Honeymoon
Happy honeymoon, darling leaving the U-haul another misadventure me, listed as your “wife” for paperwork only, of course One water pump...
Early-life REM sleep deprivation alters learning and social behavior in adult rats
I spent the summer of 2019 working with a wonderful lab at UMMC gathering data and learning about REM sleep and behavior. I presented the...
Happy Valentine's Day
I could have gotten you a tree Something symbolic and not-so-subtle Either for us to watch grow together Or For you to resent by yourself...
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don’t let me fill in the blanks you leave with thoughts ーI call them blanks they are bullets nonetheless tearing through my brain,...
The poem I needed to write
The context of this poem is important. As mentioned in my About section, I played volleyball at school. I also tore both of my ACLs...
The Unholy Communion of Mild Insomniacs
一Welcome, and our condolences一 Melatonin, lamb of rest, Thou who takes wakefulness away on swift wings Flow through our humble veins and...
The Thaw
This collection is the result of a semester of editing and work in a poetry and nature course that I fell in love with. I'll be posting...
Ice, spiders, and mint?
Another past paper that I wrote explores something that these three things have in common. Bio heavy, but a surprising and interesting...
Sleep, stress, and addiction
This paper explores the relationship between cortisol, sleep, and their respective and combined roles in the propensity for relapse in...