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Teen Ink Magazine,
November 2005 :
Pride Articles
Bubbles
by Samantha S., Hemet, CA
Squirming in a cold plastic chair, I became engaged in a staring contest with the item before me. I was armed with nothing but a number two pencil to defeat the endless expanse of fill-in bubbles that mocked me from the desktop.
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Ellison
by Rachel B., Memphis, TN
You were right, Ellison.
We are Invisible.
Here am I
With my brown skin,
And I fade into the walls,
And into pitch-black skies.
I wish for that Miss America glow
That recognition, the light.
But this is why
A part of why
MLK, Jr. put up the fight.
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Small Stuff
by Andrea D., Rockford, MI
Some people call it vertically challenged,
but there are many other names and jokes
they used to hurt my feelings
and I’d wish that I were tall.
Now I just let them go over my head,
(Which a lot of things do anyway).
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Tall Tales
by John B., Shreveport, LA
Are you happy with your size? Do you wish you were bigger? I am 6'5" and weigh over 300 pounds and my peers always say, “I wish I were your size.” If only they knew. It isn’t easy being big, though it does have some benefits.
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