You are a light that shimmers and gleams,
That blankets Essex in memories.
Whether just a word or countless conversations,
Your voice echoes in the ears of people
who loved you,
grew up with you,
knew you,
saw you.

And though you never realized it,
Your genuine concern for others,
Your presence,
Your smile -
has always glowed in the embers of Essex.
It is just now that you see it ignited.

Like many others,
I wish there had been more words between us.
But like a book we hold to our hearts,
We will read those words again-
hear your laughter,
Embrace you.

But until then -

I will talk to the moon like you use to do,
Smile at the stars and think of you.
And when I walk our childhood corridor,
I will long for you and nothing more.

 

       The small mouse named Saline Spray sprinted around the corner into his home where his wife and two children, named Father Pangus and Calcium, sat. Every night they had the same routine, they sat around the dining-room table, the family of four little mice, waiting for Uncle Elan to come home. Elan usually arrived about ten minutes after Saline Spray but today he was late. The little mice were getting ready to go to bed when Uncle Elan finally got home. Father Pangus and Calcium jumped out of bed with such jubilation that their little glasses of water on their thimble bedside tables almost fell over!
      “Uncle Elan! Uncle Elan!” The tiny mice squeaked, “Where were you? We missed you so much. Now you have to tell us a story to make up for being late.”

Nike® is part of the Illuminati. We know this because the Nike® swoosh has two points, and Nike® has 4 letters, and in between 2 and 4 is 3, and there is no three dollar bill. There is a 100,000 dollar bill, and Nike® owns some of them. We know this because Zimbabwe has trillions of Zimbabwean dollars, and Nike® sponsors Zimbabwean athletes. Adidas® and Puma® also sponsor athletes, which means that they are evil because they are affiliated with Niketown®, in Trump Tower. Evil has a v in it. Do you know what else has a v in it. That’s right, vartabed, an Armenian Clergyman. Armenian starts with A, and A is shaped like a triangle. Triangles have three sides. The cube root of 27 is 3. Three plus 27 is 30. 30 for 30. ESPN. ESPN covers sports. Sports. Soccer. Ronaldo plays soccer. Ronaldo is number 7. Now, we have two threes and one seven. Three plus three plus seven is thirteen. There are thirteen steps on the pyramid on the dollar bill. Money. Benjamin Franklin.

“RINGGGG!” 
The bell at my school rings, which means it's time for after school. I grab my stuff from my cubby with the help of my teacher and walk out the front door of Edmunds Elementary School. I stroll over to the counselor standing on the small hill with her clipboard out in front of her. I run up to her and yell, “It my Birthday!” With a big grin on my face. She smiles and tells me to go on to the playground. I skip up the big steps with woodchip covering the weeds trying to peek out of the big gray stones. I run over to my sister and give her a huge hug. She asked how my half day was and if my friends liked my cupcakes I brought into class for my birthday. I reply and say that I am excited to go to Pizza Putt.
It was a half day at our school so the after school program is taking us to Pizza Putt.