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Submitted to Contest #306
Journal Entry 1- A Haunting “He ʻuhane maikaʻi, ʻaʻole e hoʻohaunaele ʻia,” Tutu always says. Good people don’t get haunted.So what does that make me? Coming home to Hilo for spring break is a mistake. Something watches me. Not a ghost. Not a spirit. A goddess. My dreams lie beneath Pele’s bare feet, her voice choking them like smoke.They begin with Kīlauea, cracked and steaming, a patchwork of rocks and scorched earth. She twists toward me, hips curling like smoke, humming an old chant.“Where will we find peace? Peace for my people? For my...
RECIPE FOR A TRADITIONAL KĀLUA PORK DINNER (THAT BREAKS YOUR HEART) Serves one guest named Jake, one overworked mom, one Tutu with a scar and a slipper ready to fly, and one girl who’s done being polite. Ingredients:– 1 pig (don’t name him—too late)– Banana leaves (stolen from the neighbor’s yard. It’s fine. They steal our mangos)– Lava rocks (red-hot, like my anger)– Sea salt. All the salt.– Garlic cloves (crushed, like my heart)– 3 cups jasmine rice– Taro roots (cracked repeatedly with stone, for poi—and therapy)– 1 visitor named Jake (big...
Shortlisted for Contest #304 ⭐️
Content warning: Contains themes of pregnancy loss and griefSunbeams turned floating flour into glitter—too pretty for the mess I’d made. My fingers twisted through sticky dough, a ball of goop on the counter. Outside, mina birds chirped. The sea sighed against the sand across the street, breeze heavy with salt and sweet plumeria. I breathed it in like it might help.But the birds didn’t care. The sea didn’t care. They carried on, like the world hadn’t burned down.Mine had.BEEP.The pre-heated oven broke my thoughts. And so did a smack on my b...
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