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Bailey Merlin
Bailey Merlin
Jan 1, 20192 min read
The 2018 Wrap
Most importantly: I embraced crop top freedom. Another year has come and gone, and I have to admit that 2018 was amazing. With 2017 being...
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Bailey Merlin
Dec 30, 20184 min read
The Bond House: A Year in Review
I’m really growing into this host position. Please, come to our house so I can feed you. After ten minutes out in the fresh air this...
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Bailey Merlin
Nov 20, 20185 min read
The Bond House: When Friends Become Family
It’s only an adventure if I have to get on a bus. It’s been a while. Life has this strange habit of going fast and slow all at once, a...
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Bailey Merlin
Oct 25, 20181 min read
Poetry Update 4!
I can’t believe that I’ve actually had 10 pieces accepted this year. After setting the goal for myself at the end of July, I never...
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Bailey Merlin
Oct 12, 20184 min read
Paris (again): Day 7
This is what it’s like to eat sunshine. I finally come to terms with my self-inflicted solitude over a tartlette citron (which I’m pretty...
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Bailey Merlin
Oct 11, 20185 min read
Paris (again): Day 6
Not going to lie, this seems like a viable career option. I start the day later than expected, but this is understandable when one...
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Bailey Merlin
Oct 10, 20183 min read
Paris (again): Day 5
Look at this beauty. Again I ask: What could possibly go wrong? I love it when things work out. A few days ago a German woman and I made...
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Bailey Merlin
Oct 9, 20185 min read
Paris (again): Day 4
Sometimes the most beautiful sights are the ones right outside your own door — a Belleville belvedere. Today begins with success: waking...
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Bailey Merlin
Oct 8, 20183 min read
Paris (again): Day 3
Look at this beautiful building I don’t go in because of the heinous amount of people. The day again starts abnormally late, even after ...
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Bailey Merlin
Oct 6, 20184 min read
Paris (again): Day 2
Late morning walks help you forget the hangover. One of the things they don’t tell you about international travel: You should not drink...
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Bailey Merlin
Oct 5, 20185 min read
Paris (again): Day 1
The journey to the airport isn’t as dramatic as I expect it to be, which is disconcerting. My big ass backpack and I catch all of the...
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Bailey Merlin
Oct 4, 20181 min read
Paris (again): Pre-Game
We will begin by saying that I don’t want to go to Paris. It’s for a lot of reasons, both practical and anxiety-related. Why am I...
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Bailey Merlin
Sep 10, 20182 min read
The Bond House: August? We Don’t Talk About August
When I was growing up, I had no idea that people traveled in August. Where I’m from, vacations happen in June and people spend their time...
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Bailey Merlin
Sep 1, 20181 min read
Poem #16
A Year Drowning in Ladybugs Aphids are laying eggs underneath my fingernails. I’m looking for ladybugs to eat them all up, fatted so I...
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Bailey Merlin
Aug 19, 20181 min read
Poem #15
when i realized i’d never forgive you when i saw the trumpeter blow the horn, my jericho heart came down, moved from flesh to fluid. it...
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Bailey Merlin
Aug 18, 20185 min read
The Bond House: Chopped Edition
Preview: Our Chaos With summer winding down to a close, it’s easy to get behind on important things: chores, paperwork, meeting up with...
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Bailey Merlin
Aug 17, 20181 min read
Poem #14
A Love Poem for Cary Grant (the name I gave my depression) I tell my friend I think about suicide every night, the thought a pillow mint...
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Bailey Merlin
Jul 25, 20181 min read
Poetry Update 3!
This week has been one of those “When it rains, it pours” sort of situations. After a submission frenzy earlier this month, two of my...
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Bailey Merlin
Jul 22, 20181 min read
Poetry Update 2!
Exciting news, everyone. My poem “Rule of Nines” has recently been published by the gracious team at The Indianapolis Review. Please,...
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Bailey Merlin
Jul 19, 20181 min read
Poem #13
Redistribution Your head is a Lazy Susan spinning busy, out of control like the wheels of time grinding you down. Are you feeling a...
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