Rachel Bass

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“Unspent” by Rachel Bass

Submitted to Contest #40

April 15, 2020My candles are lit, the new soy scents: mahogany beach wood and coconut amber.My 1997 pastel pink and aquamarine floral mug is steaming with half dirty chai mix, half vanilla almond milk.My TV displays a fireplace burning birchwood; the volume is set to sixteen, so the crackling and collapsing is louder than the thoughts that crash around inside me as I journal.I don’t want to forget the artificial fire before me, it’s rooting a sensation of comfort; fictitious, fleeting, but, present. Isn’t it ironic, from this burning emerges...

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I am passion, I am punch, a gunshot. Writing is integral to my identity, so I am also a self-published author of a poetry and prose collection titled "Chasing Grace" which is available on Amazon.