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2021 and then Some

by Dominique S.

I had to admit that, for the last two months of this year, I’ve been having withdrawals. Yes. I’ve been having withdrawals from prescribed medication. I realized this was happening after I stopped taking a pill that was supposed to help my body heal. I couldn’t move my left arm at first. Then it moved to my right arm. Then all over my wrists, fingers, and jaw. Every day, I had some new ache and pain disabling my ability to move. There was depression. There was insomnia. There were a lot of annoying situations where the people who were supposed to understand kept annoying me to do certain tasks I’m not in the mood to do. Opiates. I love what it does to me. I understand why people get addicted to them. But what I don’t understand is why do hospitals do this? Sometimes people think it’s a myth because it hasn’t happened to them. But when you get pumped with a cocktail of oxycodone, hydrocodone, neurontin, and melatonin with the comfort of nurses...

January 1, 2021
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2021 and then Some

Published by Dominique S.

I had to admit that, for the last two months of this year, I’ve been having withdrawals. Yes. I’ve been having withdrawals from prescribed medication. I realized this was...

January 1, 2021
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The Slow and Battered Surrender to Interpretation

Published by Dominique S.

For example: an Apple I kept a bag of apple seeds just in case the world decided to collapse. I wanted to leave a solid trail of trees to...

November 12, 2020
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It’s a Good Goodbye

Published by Dominique S.

I’m always compelled to tell the same narrative of how I got here (California). It’s been 8 years since I left Manila and the memory is still fresh and...

October 18, 2020
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DOM b. 1988| ♎ | Oakland, CA

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