Contaminated

It’s been a struggle
Turning on the tap
50-gallon barrels of water cost a lot
The price is going up next month
Water gushed into the barrel
We know the problem is much bigger
Contamination
Windmill water isn’t safe anyway
Isn't safe
A cool mist from a leak in the house rained over her
A lot of people die from cancer around here
Uranium levels are too high
No funding
No help
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Lighting

VT

16 years old

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  • Poetry

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    This poem was inspired by the outsiders

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    Gingerly we walk, 

    This area is dangerous

    We just don’t know this

    Men, staggering, swaying and unsteady

    Scared, I’m scared

    Gotta get out

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  • Fiction

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    A Cats Dream

    I’m jumping through the streets like a spring! All the other cats in the window look at me as a god. I slink around the fish stand like a mouse and jump up and take a fish. Yum! So good. Suddenly I’m in a jungle!

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