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• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  Triumph

  

  By blackswan42, Cortlandt Manor, NY

  As far as after-school jobs go, I consider mine pretty easy. I work as a reading assistant for a tutoring facility, instructing a group of bright kids and correcting papers. I don't have to walk slobbery dogs or flip an endless pile of greasy burgers like some kids at my school. I can just get throu...
• Poetry > Ballad
  Fairytale

  

  By blackswan42, Cortlandt Manor, NY

  Once upon a time In a land far away I lived in a castle All crumbling and gray When I was fifteen I thought I wanted a date So I went to a club To find my soulmate I met a nice guy He had cool boots and a car But my parents said no- He had a weird tattoo scar So I turned to my godmother...
• Nonfiction > Travel & Culture
  New Yorkers

  

  By blackswan42, Cortlandt Manor, NY

  Like vultures with talons out They scramble for the last seat on the subway The last H&H bagel The last Marc Jacobs bag at a sample sale Flying through the streets On neatly tailored wings Claws tucked in silk Hard, sunglassed eyes stalk their prey Those elusive yellow taxi cabs Mating...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  A Geek’s Guide to Love

  

  By blackswan42, Cortlandt Manor, NY

  It's spring. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and love is in the air. Perhaps you've been noticing how cute that boy in your AP biology class looks without his protective goggles on, or maybe how that girl in your SAT prep classes (that you're retaking just to be safe, even though you got ...
• Fiction > Sci-fi/Fantasy
  Outside

  

  By blackswan42, Cortlandt Manor, NY

  To the young girl who stared out of her bedroom window, the setting of the sun was a very violent business. Surely, as the glowing orb disappeared behind brick apartments and steel skyscrapers, the unfortunate buildings would be burnt to a crisp. The vengeful sun would press against sturdy frames an...