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  Passing Cars

  By Julia H., Arlington, VA

  I am standing on the corner, hesitant, waiting for the beauty that maybe will come for me. Vulnerable, perhaps, behind my black glasses and pearled ears, zits and braces. The cars whiz past me, carriages smoothly gliding, and I watch the people. I watch the men driving alone, the older girls with th...
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  Freeing Medusa

  By Julia H., Arlington, VA

  You say you're sorry You swear You don't know what to say You never do So it is better To keep my mouth shut With those words I never Say swishing black Against my teeth But I've bit my tongue Till it's bled out Red seeping through And I want to scream Like medusa But what if I tur...
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  Tar & Smoke

  By Julia H., Arlington, VA

  What was he? Who was the man behind The literal smokescreen of Marlboros, the orange, glowing Embers Gradually taking him to his Death Those hands that might’ve Shook When opening a bottle of gin, Popping the tin lid of a beer Bottle with a sharp hiss and Rush of alcoholic steam ...