Emmy J.M. Powell : Writing

Pocket Lint

Pocket Lint

A Story by Emmy J.M. Powell


This is going to be a story about food. About how it's all that I think about, and about how it's always been that way.About how I shoved sticks of st..
Virgin

Virgin

A Story by Emmy J.M. Powell


My whole life, I'd been... sort of, an "emotional virgin." I'd never had to deal with these sorts of tragedies that other people had, never really had..
Good Ol' Vitamin D

Good Ol' Vitamin D

A Poem by Emmy J.M. Powell


I am doing well,and it feels wrong.I opened my curtainsthis morning,and my room saw natural lightfor the first time in months.I want to knowwhy feelin..
Leather

Leather

A Poem by Emmy J.M. Powell


My skin is leather,I can't remember the last time I criedI used to whine,over the smallest of thingsBut I do not miss,my childhood dog anymoreI do not..
Edema

Edema

A Poem by Emmy J.M. Powell


I may not havethat high self confidencethat my sarcasm imitatesBut I do havea strong sense of prideI do not beg,I never say sorry,I am never wrongBut ..
Vaccine

Vaccine

A Poem by Emmy J.M. Powell


You died,and for the very first timein my entire crumby life,Death was nose to nose with me,and I could smell his breathlike soiled bedpans and cleani..
Beams

Beams

A Poem by Emmy J.M. Powell


How many virgin cornersare sprinkledall over the world?Never been touched,never been tread on,never felt the warmglaring beamof a glossy flashlightBef..
Knuckles

Knuckles

A Poem by Emmy J.M. Powell


Today,I screwed a bulletin boardinto my wallwith my dad's hand drill.I dread the daythat we move out of this house,because that boardwill have to come..
Redundancy

Redundancy

A Poem by Emmy J.M. Powell


It is unimaginable to cryover meager things,once someone stops livingEvery small little thingthat you teared up overbefore someone's passingbecomes en..
Potions

Potions

A Poem by Emmy J.M. Powell


Awhile ago,I didn't have a reason to be sadI always saidthat I was born sad,and that there wasn't a medicineon the entire planetthat could reverse som..