Rose Marinetti

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ā€œMy Brother and Lemonsā€ by Rose Marinetti

Inshā€™allah: god willing Habibi: my love It is not really the ā€˜horror of the shade,ā€™ as said by William Ernest Henley, that I have come to terms with, but the light. We need not fear what is deemed as darkness, because it swallows and engulfs just as radiance does. It caresses our deepest fears and cradles our innermost joys, just like an illumination of our souls would. I have decided that I will no longer call it the ā€˜shade,ā€™ because it gives the impression of being a stark opposite of light. What is the difference if they have stolen my br...

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ā€œPatriotism: What Powers the Heart of a Nationā€ by Rose Marinetti

SENSITIVE CONTENT: PROFANITY, POLITICAL REFERENCES, AND VIOLENT DEPICTIONSGod, sometimes I wonder about saneness of people. Are they really alright? After what they ask or do or say to each other and to me?Just a few months ago, right before the Kamala ā€“ Trump election, I was sitting on a park bench in the good olā€™ nationā€™s capital, Washington DC, when this MAGA and liberal really start going at each othersā€™ throats. Iā€™m just watching ā€˜cause Iā€™m amused, when the MAGA throws her hat at the liberalā€™s head, and he screams ā€œI hate this country! ...

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ā€œIbrahim (1st draft)ā€ by Rose Marinetti

ā€œIbrahim! Habibi, just walk back to me. This way, towards the edge of the field. See? Iā€™m pointing to it. Where the mud meats the dirt, right here. Come back, please . . .ā€ I say, my voice breaking and arms outstretched. ā€œIbrahim, Iā€™ll buy you some barazek, or some basbousa. Just walk back - Iā€™m right here. Just move away from the field. You will be okay, inshā€™allah.ā€Ibrahim doesnā€™t understand and blinks as he takes a step in the wrong direction.ā€œNo, donā€™t!ā€ I yell, but I act too late and must watch as my world is destroyed.After the revolt,...

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Author bio

I am currently a student in the US writing under my great-grandmotherā€™s name, Rose Marinetti. I enjoy hiking, playing the violin, listening to Frank Sinatra, and doing art projects. I especially love geography and history, spending way too much time on JetPunk and researching the 20th century.