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I Wish

by Keith B.

I wish I could be normal

I wish my friend didn't talk behind my back

I wish that school wasn't a scary place

I wish that I could stop the meanness

I wish to help the world

I wish I could change

I wish...

but which one will come true?

8th Grade Mean Girls

by Liz S.

The distant roar

Of 8th grade munchers

Deafens my ears

I think of chips and soda

A rollercoaster for my taste buds.

 

The snobby girls

Flip their hair and whisper

Cruel things about the girl

With the large glasses and

Overly-large head.

 

They stand up

And walk like the

Clouds drifting overhead

I hear mean laughter

Lord, I don’t like 8th graders.

How I See

 

By Liz S.

 

I look at a fire

And only see flame,

I look at a dollar

And only see fame.

 

I look at the sea

And only see blue,

I look in my heart

And only see you.

 

Inside

 

By Anonymous

 

Inside is a girl

Who wants to cry out,

To live and to breathe

Without a care.

Sometimes inside

Emotions are of love and peace,

But other times

The world couldn’t

Have enough hatred and anger.

Inside is a girl

Who is crying out,

Listen and you shall

Hear her song.

Summer In A Skewed Perspective

by Liz S.

 

Humid, wet

Exhausting heat

Makes me crave for

A large frozen confection

Preferably something fudgy

 

The kids across the neighborhood

Take off their pants

And ride their bikes

Along the dusty streets

I hear their laughter

 

A scream echos through the sky

A barefoot woman

Stepped on a spider

At last, ice cream!

Thank you scary ice cream man!

Locker Pains

 

by Liz S.

 

Pungently filling my nostrils

With a horrid rotten stench

The tuna apparently

Went moldy.

 

I slam my locker

In heated frustration

I nailed someone

In the forehead

 

“Ow!! I’m filing harassment forms!”

Fills the hallway

Teachers run

I covertly lock myself

In the bathroom.

 

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What If...?

by Liz S.

 

What if the sky could sing a tune?

What if the gleaming sun was the moon?

What if the twinkling stars smiled down?

What if everyone dressed as a clown?

 

But what if the sky forever turned gray,

And the moon and the sun just faded away?

What if the stars could never shine?

What if I changed this world of mine?

My Dog
 
My fuzzy new puppy sits on my lap,
looking out the murky colored window
as if she is in some other world.
 
I’m running down the blurred street.
My dog is clomping next to me faithfully
Her tongue lolls out the side of her yellow muzzle.
 
I frantically leap down the steep stairs,
almost late for the school bus.
My dog bounds joyfully down the stairs after me
“thud thump thud”
clears a pile of books lying patiently in the hallway
and sweeps the corner,
she doesn't want to miss me leaving.