Dbkocvh Stories

"Humpty Dumpty: Orange Is the New Law" - transforming the familiar nursery rhyme into a Symbol of America's current power of government. A great fall from a high wall, the poem shows the public shifting trust in their own government. It's a reflection on how leaders rise, how they hold on to power, and what happens when the cracks begin to show.

Her Shadows Online (2004) follows Nia, a young African American teen forced to confront the trauma she's kept buried for years. After surviving and enduring silence, she now faces a new kind of cruelty-online hate and betrayal from those she once trusted. As the digital world twists her pain into rumor and judgment, Nia must navigate the echoes of her past and the darkness of the present. Torn between fear and freedom, she begins to reclaim her voice, discovering that healing isn't found in silence-and sometimes isn't found at all. Inspired by: Laurie Halse Anderson's 1999 Novel Speak