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Teen Ink Magazine, November 2001 : Fiction Articles

A Correspondence
   Norma-JeanMagnum
12 Chipmunk Circle
Rabbitville, CA12354



Billy-Ray Magnum
San Quentin Prison
4535Clinton Road
San Quentin, CA 12345



DearBilly-Ray,

It sure is nice that you sent those letters last month.
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A Glorious Nation?
   Chinain the early 1990s.



Can't I just sleep for five minutes more,Grandpa?" I murmured.

"Han, get ready! There's no time todawdle. You know how hard it is to go across town in the morningrush.
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Between the Keys
   Thedoor closes behind me and I can't see. The room is cold and pitchblack. I hear myfootsteps on the tile and stumble to my right, where I know the switchbox shouldbe. After a moment, I find it and flip the bottom three switches.
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Mrs. Jensen
   "GoodLord. Teenagers these days," Mrs. Jensen sighs, looking at us delinquents inirritation, and positions her bulk on the chair. It's three o'clock on a Thursdayafternoon.
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Platform 3-A
   Shecan still remember when she methim
     Stepping off that train,on the platform in the rain
She can still remember the taste of her cherrylollipop
     Coloring her lipslike lipstick
The drops ...
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Scuff Marks
   I stand beneath a flickering light in the lonely hallway. There are no sounds leftto echo within the building. One dusty blue locker sags against its neighbor, astray paper lies wrinkled and exhausted on the floor.
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Value
   Ofcourse I didn't really see anything, I could barely see where I was going. Mymind was

dark. I couldn't think. I was surprised I could still breathe. Anumb body that housed my consciousness dragged me along.

I guess I was ina coffee house.
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