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  • Monolouge 2: Being Is Hard Setting: Just a younger girl speaking. She seems wise for her age, but she is purely innocent. Age 6-10 CHARACTER: Being brave is hard. I ...
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  • I ran my finger over the tattoo on his chest - the bright blue octopus with tentacles stretched to his bicep. My head rests on his shoulder as we lay ...
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  • 'Suck it up, Jen.' I tell myself, 'You're over reacting.' I reason. On second thought. Maybe I'm not. I peer over across the mall food court at Caden showing off ...
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  • The stars are alight I can breathe tonight No running thoughts to chase Only the glow of the stars on my face
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  • Since the beginning of time you have been real We were stars Once bright shining Orbs dancing, revolving Slowly in measured grace You and I were always one One star, ...
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  • It don't take to long to fall asleep after that, and I have dreams of Samuel. I don't know which slave is him, I really don't pay close attention to ...
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  • Voilà le portrait sans retouche when the body gets ill, you feel like a passenger. many things go on at once and you can only sit tight and see what ...
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  • Más de una persona podria pasar por allí sin mirar. Pero no era el caso, la casa tenia algo. Ellos esperaban que no se note, por su bien y por ...
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  • It was warm the day my father died. It's been winter ever since. I knew Daddy had magic. He chased away the monsters under my bed, flipped pancakes, and reached ...
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  • It's the day before Thanksgiving and something doesn't feel right. It doesn't feel wrong, but something's watching me from behind the corner, something I should know about but I don't ...
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