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Teen Ink Magazine, September 2000 : Fiction Articles

Adagios
   With myhead in your lap, I lay on my back, feeling my entire body flatten -chest, thighs, stomach - a false ability to feel my ribs, a false senseof slimness. Smacking my lips with raspberry gloss.
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An Untitled Symphony
   Every time she ascended the steps to the stage, shecould feel the energy flowing through the ornate concert hall. The roarof the crowd had always filled her body with electricity. The stage washer home, music her blood and adulation her strength.
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Five Minutes of Fear
The bell rings:
time to rush to mynext class.
I walk through a hallway
with yellow and bluelockers,
loud with many voices.
I push my way through thehallway,
past crowds of people walking aimlessly.
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Just Another Desert Island
   A singlepalm tree graced the center of a 10-foot-wide patch of sand. A man satin its meager shade, staring into a vast expanse of ocean. His raggedclothing perfectly completed the cliche.
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Meatball Dinner, Wedding Pictures and Mom
   This selection can be found in Teen Ink Friendsand Family, the third in the Teen Ink book series, all available inbookstores nationwide and online. Continue...
Sunday Floats
   Billlay back against the wooden deck of the sailboat floating carelessly inthe sunlit bay. Because work was so hectic, he barely had time to doanything resembling relaxation - except on Sundays. That was his day.The rocking of the small sailboat calmed him.
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The Pediatrician
   Onegloomy afternoon Dr. Francis Stanton, a pediatrician, walked through hisoffice with a certain radiance. Pleased by the sight of so manychildren, Dr. Stanton was joyful.

"I love kids," hesaid enthusiastically.
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