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I studied every evening to become a surgical nurse after my professional bodybuilding career ended. I love the miracle of the human body, whether performing at peak condition in the gym or in need of repair on an operating table.
By Sav Mapabout a month ago in Fiction
I was 3 years old the summer of my initiation to the Atlantic, happy to be finally included with my brothers who lived to play in the surf,
By Sav Map3 months ago in Poets
Many years ago at a toxic workplace, I sought respite from the indoor environment, so I decided to purposefully send love to a sapling tree consistently and see what unfolded.
By Sav Map3 months ago in Journal
On the streets of London they celebrated her one summer's day, and reveling in her beauty and kindness knowing the prestige she brought to the tarnishing crown,
I began to learn Bellydance long after Shakira showed up with hips that don't lie. Seven of my lower vertebrae are fused together surgically, so suffice it to say that I'm the least likely student of Bellydance.
By Sav Mapabout a year ago in Beat
On his belly, he hand-paddled to circle back for one of the bomb waves that come in before sunset and after the smiling dolphins leave. Shearwaters cawed and cried overhead.
By Sav Mapabout a year ago in Fiction
The combatants did not only remove their uniforms, but they burned them on the beach when they emerged from the submarine. It was the first thing they did. Their fatal mistake.
By Sav Mapabout a year ago in Serve
When the millennials arrived to live in the basement last year for a few months, before their residencies started, they brought with them their red tabby cat.
By Sav Mapabout a year ago in Petlife
An itch below my left shoulder blade means I have something that needs expressing. That's my signal, anyway. As if a trapped insect is burrowing down underneath my epidermis.
By Sav Mapabout a year ago in Poets
"Always fry bacon in Crisco," she reminded us as we sat on the floor with the half-bobcat kitten, listening to the snap, crackle, pop of fat meeting fat.