Words Work Wonders

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Curious city

Anger Madison Resue, Grade 7 Meridian Anger at love. Anger at hatred. Anger at falling apart. Anger at death. Anger at enemies. Anger at friends. Anger at differences. Anger at the people who point them out. Anger at fear. Anger at goodbyes. Anger at cigarettes. Anger at novels. Anger at the things I can’t do. Anger at opposite. Anger at perfection. Anger at beauty. Anger at love.

Darkness Wong Young, Grade 5 Boise Once I looked inside the darkness Eyes watched my every move Water dripped from the top of the cave drip . . . drop. . . drip. . . drop the cavern walls are slick and hard a dead bat laying on the ground like a sleeping possum The dead silence of the dark, moist cavern drip . . . drop. . .drip. . . drop

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