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Isabela Vargas<\/em><\/h4>\n

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1. A Dr. Suess book co-edited by a young author who favored dandelion yellow crayons<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Three white leather ice skates; one has been missing since a 2009 birthday party (there’s hope still)<\/p>\n

3. An infant’s avocado costume that made 100 appearances on a deactivated Instagram feed<\/span><\/p>\n

4. A pair of cowboy boots with embroidered flowers and breathing holes where the soles <\/span>should be<\/span><\/p>\n

5. A collection of bent and worn Pokemon cards that contained 8 Charmanders (note: they\u2019re all fake)<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Two cedar end tables with beer rings soaked into the finish; however, one reeks of Mittens who mistook it for a litter box<\/span><\/p>\n

7. A box of participation trophies; a bronze trophy sits atop with a plaque that reads \u201c2001 Ultimate Bingo Champion Third Runner Up\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

8. A maroon journal, pages ripped from the seams, and a teenage girl’s confessions of high school love <\/span>on the 38th page<\/span><\/p>\n

9. A vintage oversized Chanel handbag, brown leather creased and scuffed as it was once used as a trendy diaper bag for three kids (it smells of\u00a0 J&J baby powder)<\/span><\/p>\n

10. A purple prom dress from 1981 that still reeks of technicolor, cocaine lines, and fragments of the <\/span>ozone layer<\/span><\/p>\n

11. A bitter old woman holding a glass of extra sweet iced tea, sitting in a red Adirondack chair selling memories quick and cheap (she\u2019s not for sale)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Isabela Vargas<\/strong> graduated with a bachelor’s degree in public relations and a minor in creative writing in 2024 and is currently pursuing a graduate degree. She writes, “Truthfully, I\u2019m a very nostalgic person who loves to tell stories, so when the opportunity presents itself, I tend to write poetry that encapsulates these aspects. The piece you are reading today is an appreciation of the little things in life and snippets of their untold stories.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Isabela wrote this poem in a course taught by Joanna Fuhrman, who selected the piece for inclusion in WHR<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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