Alcoholism
Sheremembers the time they didn't get picked up at day care.
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Anadell
White Nylon Sable
Made InGermany
Brand new
Never before used
She becomes an extension of myhand
Soon the sour stench of acrylic will saturate herbristles
First,
I gently run the soft hairs across my cheek;
Overmy lips
We have a connection
I ...
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Casting Call
The short blurbin the newspaper said it all: Casting Call. Opportunity for kids, ages 6-12, toco-star in the next Kevin Costner motion picture. Tryouts at Westgate Mall thisSaturday at 2:00 p.m.
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Concert Heck
It was a humid Friday afternoon inthe large hall of the Roosevelt school cafeteria. The many voices of the audiencefilled the room, giving it a suspenseful feel.
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Dance!
As I pull my gray sweatshirt over mymessy hair, I grab my dance bag and run to the car. Oh great, my tights aren't inmy bag. Now my mom is yelling, "Twinkle-toes, we are going to be late."It is a typical Saturday.
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Dramatic Irony
Entering the dramaroom I am immediately surrounded by the familiar sights, smells and sounds.Streaks of light cast by the blinds of the tall windows send shafts of lightthrough the dusty air.
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Hold the Jokes
Mysister is a liar, a smart-mouth, a bad influence, a rebel, and at times, arunaway. She constantly swears, drinks and tramps around town. She is a menacebeyond imagination and has cost my parents hundreds of dollars in fines.
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Paper Dolls: Childhood in Progress
Growingup with Morgan was like having a real-life imaginary friend. She was mychildhood. Every fleeting memory of riding wooden ponies with dirty mop hair, ortalking until sleep glued our eyelids shut, involved her. We knew we'd stay youngtogether forever.
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Sculptor
The potter
consumed
in herwork
Focusing so intensely
she's in a world
of herown
Guiding the wheel
as it spins
and begins to shape
the heapingmound of clay
Around and around,
Twirling andbecoming
Beautiful
Wet ...
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The Cabin
Thereis a place I often go to spend time with my uncles, cousins and friends. We havea great time at our hunting cabin. Every time I think of it, I relive my firstvisit to the cabin ...
Hunting season opens tomorrow.
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The Victory Garden
"Rachel!Come see what I planted!" My brother Josh exclaimed with boyish glee thatmade him seem more like eleven than 24.
"Why?" I asked inexasperation, not even looking up from my novel.
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Unity
short moment ofsilence.
sunset.
soothing peach-colored clouds and
blue sky hover aboveus.
succulent green trees sway
as all become one.
all the emotions andthoughts
of one single event, swarm
in our heads.
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What's In The Air
Blessedbe the silent chalkboard that lets itself be used and the chalk that gives theteacher asthma and the eraser that's so dirty it brought a lawsuit against thecustodians and the pencils consistently breaking.
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