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I Had Never Felt Less Black
A melatonin frenzy,
where hurried bodies
scatter back and forth.
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I walked down the hallway to the dance floor, -
There’s so much to do and so little time
There’s so much to do and so little time / I’m never going to relax / All of this will amount to nothing / By the time highschool is over I won’t even have enjoyed it / There are better writers out than me / Too much pressure / I can’t focus on a -
Winter and Baltimore
In the winter the water whispers,
trickles its cold fingers
down my spine.
But snow is shy tonight,
won’t be seen crying,
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It is Only 5 o'clock
yet, the night creeps up on me,
so quickly, so quietly,
i can hardly tell
dawn from dusk.
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Swim team
I don’t know what freestyle is. I take the name to heart and literally freestyle my way through the pool. So, while my teammates dutifully paddle back and forth, waving their hands in a monotonous motion, I jump, flip, and dive through the pool.
Loves
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on knowing people whose first language is not this one
speaking to people with honey-thick & beautiful accents brings a whole new meaning to hanging on your every word
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sleepaway #2
birdsong woke us at five a.m., the washed-out dawn
altogether too bright. wake-up bugle wasn't til eight, time spent
rolling over and over listening to the screen doors slam.
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sleepaway #1
it rained the night of our arrival -
big, whooshing gasps of whitewashed rain & thunder that
shook heavy against the darkening skies. dinner went long.
we only sang louder, deafening echoes beneath the storm as
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