New Year's

"Happy New Year!"

"I got a little lost; can you show me the way?"

"Inauguration day is just around the corner!"

"Welcome to eleventh grade. You're almost out!"

"Hi, my name's what's your name? 

"Can he really do the things he's talking about?"

"I'll call you tonight, I promise."

"Another win for the Eagles!"

"I'll do it tonight, I promise."

"What's your name? Say your name for the camera, I'm a reporter."

"No justice / no peace."

"You have to know these things to graduate."

"If you don't practice enough, you'll never get your licence."

"Hey, can you help me? I got lost in those bright things on the ceiling."

"Shop at Target!"

"If you stay awake all night, you'll never be awake enough to practice."

"Surely, he can't do what he says he's gonna do."

"I'd stay awake with you all night, if you wanted."

"Second half of eleventh grade. We're almost out!"

"Here comes the sun / doodoodoodoo."

"Pass me the sugar."

"Hey, I got a little lost. I need more time."

"We're almost out!

"He's a good kid, his head's just stuck in the clouds."

"They're good kids; their heads just got stuck in the sky the wrong way

 

, and now there are stars burning in them."

Posted in response to the challenge New Year.

wph

VT

17 years old

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