tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25082496325646852122024-03-18T21:34:07.266-07:00sevenatenineholicong middle school literary magazineUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger168125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508249632564685212.post-34426340315424461772023-06-06T03:00:00.001-07:002023-06-06T03:00:00.140-07:00Farewell Day 6: June 6th with Jake S.<span style="font-family: georgia;">Jake is finishing his seventh-grade year at Holicong. Enjoy his offering this month!</span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Land, My Home<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The land and the sea are vast all around me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I can hear the ocean calling, asking me to set sail.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The seagulls cry their mournful song above<br />
I will stay here,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This is my land,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This is my home.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I won’t let my home drift away,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I won’t let my heritage decay.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I won’t let history repeat itself, again and again.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I won’t let it wash away, like the water in the riverbend.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I won’t lose my land,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My home.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The waves crash onto the shore, but calmly recede.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">If only our problems were that easy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">As I walk away, the salty ocean breeze,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">rustles the autumn leaves.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The wind causes my hair to go astray,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">As the sun sets, the end of the day.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This is my land,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My home.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In the forest, the leaves crunch beneath my feet.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In the forest, the leaves brush against my cheek.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In the forest, the gentle breeze turns my cheeks a rosy red.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In the forest, I feel free.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In the forest, I see a leaf floating on a stream.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In the forest, the leaf gracefully slides on the water.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In the forest, the water flows without a care in the world.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In the forest, this is my land,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My home.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The forest parts to my simple home.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In this beautiful biome.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My family walks outside to greet me,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I know I should let life be.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I smile, though, my eyes betray.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">How I’m really feeling on this almost perfect day.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A tinge of sadness and a vigilant gaze.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I must protect my family.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I must protect our land,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Our home.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The sunset, beautiful and <a name="_Int_Spuk0J3i">bold</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The sunset, with colors so unimaginable they were never
told.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a name="_Int_1vbbcPu3">The sunset,</a> lets the stars flood
the sky.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The sunset, a way for the day to say goodbye.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The sunset, a reminder of the past.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The sunset, a reminder of our tragic story.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The sunset, full of bliss and hope.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The sunset, watching over our land,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Our home.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I will fight to protect my <a name="_Int_JBpUvWKF">family,</a>
my friends.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I will keep them safe until the end.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I will not let my guard <a name="_Int_SKtvvw3Z">down,</a>
after the <a name="_Int_NGes4JsD">scar</a> that people have left.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I will not be unprepared, no matter how much rest.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">For this is our land,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Our home.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I will tell our story over and over again.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I will tell our story until the very end.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I will stay in the calmness of nature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I will stay in the beauty of the wild.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I will stay on our land.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I will stay in our home.</span><o:p></o:p></p><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508249632564685212.post-68115304105414939672023-06-05T03:00:00.001-07:002023-06-05T03:00:00.139-07:00Farewell Day 5: June 5th with Kate M. <p> We bring you today's poem from Kate M., who is just finishing her eighth grade year. </p><p><br /></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I want
you to notice me the way I notice you!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">By Kate
Monroe<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>I’m right here. I’m sitting right here, right behind you.
I’m staring at the back of your head. I don’t <b>want</b> to stare at the back
of your head. No sane person does. You are perfect and you in all your perfect
perfectness are sitting a few feet in front of me.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Turn around. Meet my eyes. Make out with me in front of
the class. I don’t care. Just say something, anything. Even just a glance would
be better than…than this!<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Say something stupid to make me smile. Say something
flirty to make me fall. Ask me a question about what “A nosotros nos no gusta
la falda verde de lana” means. And I’ll tell you, even though my morals tell me
to not ask for the answers. I'll tell you anyway because I want something in my
immaculate translation skills to make you see me, finally. <o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>If we weren’t in the middle of Spanish, I would stand up
with all my dignity lost to the wind and proclaim my love. <o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>I don’t even know if this is love. What I <b>do</b> know
is I’ve been a wreck for 6 months because of <b>you.</b> <o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Now, I don’t want you to think that’s a bad thing,
because it’s not. You’ve given me light. You’ve given me a reason to smile in
the mornings. You’ve also given me a reason to believe my day is ruined when
you don’t walk into 1st period. <o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>That’s being melodramatic, according to my mom. That’s,
however, beside the point. <o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>You just don’t understand. How I scream the most
relatable lyrics of my life when I’m home alone, thinking about you. <o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>If you could see that I'm the one<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Who understands you<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Been here all along<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>So, why can't you see?<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>You belong with me<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>You belong with me<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>So please, take a hint from Taylor, and see that I’m the
one who understands you. Who’s been here all along, so why can’t you seeEEee?<o:p></o:p></i></p><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaHIgjoHZTIrxOLXReuQNnRP7wmKh8eCUkkqlO7gC5htwrwpEd_2n6dtzoYYFLoUQaf8eScHqX7f8PwlhbVmzDewOwrbtzNHW2g0SL6RNF9c01yY62vWNFqFEfxgBN4KMdU1l9xuoFzQAuo6etG8nDoH-G2O5PCJqVy1lovlsuRgCw_nj52bTwvyPZyg/s641/June%205.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="406" data-original-width="641" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaHIgjoHZTIrxOLXReuQNnRP7wmKh8eCUkkqlO7gC5htwrwpEd_2n6dtzoYYFLoUQaf8eScHqX7f8PwlhbVmzDewOwrbtzNHW2g0SL6RNF9c01yY62vWNFqFEfxgBN4KMdU1l9xuoFzQAuo6etG8nDoH-G2O5PCJqVy1lovlsuRgCw_nj52bTwvyPZyg/w400-h254/June%205.PNG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508249632564685212.post-22493089591166718212023-06-04T03:00:00.006-07:002023-06-04T03:00:00.139-07:00Farewell Day 4: June 4th with Jaime P. <p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Today's offering is from Jaime P, Grade 9. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">And Now You’re
Finally A Star!</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Ever since I was
little I always loved to watch the moon,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">As it rose slowly
over the horizon and sat solemnly in the air.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My own, personal
nightlight to save me from the shadow of a monster,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Created from the
depths of my own misery. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My own doubt.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Never did I once stop
to think about how lonely the night sky seemed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The vast blankness—
nothingness. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Now in my own
jadedness I have to stand still,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And watch as the moon
turns into a star, an Astro,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">To fly higher than I
could’ve ever held it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Soundless sobs and
suffocating sorrow is all I have left, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Because someone once
told me that, like dandelions seeds,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">One’s bound to let
their emotions soar through the wind.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">That's just human,
and that's okay. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Healing is a long
process, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Especially when
there’s no more knowing what’s in the dark.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But I’ll always have
the strength the moon once gave me, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">To light up my nights
on my own,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">For now the moon has
too soon become a star.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A faraway reminder of
what had been,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">What is no longer,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And the lives that
will forever be touched. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">-For M.B.,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">May you rest in the
peace you were always searching for and finally found. You were always more
than enough. </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqeSJXghxQ94tCINA6gCabnSRUFQnrapeFEtP8xnBwcImXmWLh7EZguuBXjWt96L_hCqkCNngrQss0pc30DWXDaXVPULGbUywISdVy9MwC_d0P7FcMLyecaRFfa_RCRQBLbLn_0o6jiJOTyre96mroZpYocY0MpTyX7IzDNn8-JM0QCyqNvRsF9PkvsQ/s815/June%204.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="492" data-original-width="815" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqeSJXghxQ94tCINA6gCabnSRUFQnrapeFEtP8xnBwcImXmWLh7EZguuBXjWt96L_hCqkCNngrQss0pc30DWXDaXVPULGbUywISdVy9MwC_d0P7FcMLyecaRFfa_RCRQBLbLn_0o6jiJOTyre96mroZpYocY0MpTyX7IzDNn8-JM0QCyqNvRsF9PkvsQ/w400-h241/June%204.PNG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508249632564685212.post-23080253441238030212023-06-03T15:08:00.001-07:002023-06-03T15:08:00.153-07:00Farewell Day 3: June 3rd with Anya A.<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Enjoy Sevenatenine member Anya A's work today. She is finishing up ninth grade!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And then I look at
the sun.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Its dying.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sinking.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Fading, behind the
trees.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">After another day. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Day, after day, after
day. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Yesterday was like
today and today will be like tomorrow and so on.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Forever.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Day after day after
day.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Every day ends the
same sorrowful way.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The suns light
vanishes in an array <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">of orange and red, and
yellow, and pink.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Day after day after
day.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Under the warm cover
of the sun a sequence of events play throughout my day.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Whether good or bad
or fine or cool there is no way I can guess or say.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Day after day after
day.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The <i>drama, </i>the
<i>romance, </i>the <i>essay, </i>the <i>exam.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Day after day after
day.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Then when I get home
and I go on my phone in my room all alone it’s the same.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Day after day after
day.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">“<i>Why would you say
that?” </i>they type over text but never in school, only when I rest <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In my home.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">All alone. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">On my phone.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Day after day after
day <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I cannot help how I
feel I do not control my thoughts; they sway back and forth. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Day after day after
day<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I forgive, I forget,
I excuse, I explain.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">To me no one is
wrong, they are just in pain.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Day after day after
day.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Friends come and go; that’s
what they all say,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But I hold on too
tight, I put up a fight,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I don’t want you to
leave, or ghost, or ignore, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Let’s talk it all
out, lets go back to before<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Before all this
lying, and rumors, and love<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">To the simple days of
childhood full of fortune and fun.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But we can’t.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">We’re so smart.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">So <i>mature for our
age<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But what if I don’t
want be?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Day after day?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">So, I don’t.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">So, <i>I </i>leave<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <i>I </i>avoid.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I procrastinate<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And ignore<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And ghost<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And do all I said not
to do before because I’m scared.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Of you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Of your rumors and
lies and anger and eyes,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Your friends and your
glory your presence and your story,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Of you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And then I look at
the sun.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Its dying.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sinking.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Fading, behind the
trees.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And I smile.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Not for the death of
the sun but for the life of the moon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I can finally rest.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sleep.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Get away from the day
that repeats all the same<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Away from the drama
the romance the friends.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Away from him and her
and them <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Away from me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Into my dreams.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But then the next day
the day will repeat.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The day like yesterday
and today like tomorrow.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Day. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">After day. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">After day.</span></span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Wv0FXUqCO4l1kuDT9lbm8Bxen6G5p_OU92jWZ0ieFYejwdV7YT7fznugFL0FCPdXBYH7LYScX8FEucIQvc4svIGl49Ub6PlvrULI7aZY6jfXygVZYCL3jnMriTBKkMMOtM_UsCLdqPTRxxBbDI7MtLPJRckaFoj_Vkns58A3ukcoTCUFX7DA_faUOg/s663/June%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="663" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Wv0FXUqCO4l1kuDT9lbm8Bxen6G5p_OU92jWZ0ieFYejwdV7YT7fznugFL0FCPdXBYH7LYScX8FEucIQvc4svIGl49Ub6PlvrULI7aZY6jfXygVZYCL3jnMriTBKkMMOtM_UsCLdqPTRxxBbDI7MtLPJRckaFoj_Vkns58A3ukcoTCUFX7DA_faUOg/s320/June%203.jpg" width="320" /></a></i></div><i><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></i><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508249632564685212.post-84810060660634251282023-06-02T03:00:00.003-07:002023-06-02T03:00:00.137-07:00Farewell Day 2: June 2nd with Mackenzie J. <p> Each day this month, a different member of Sevenatenine is saying farewell with a poem and a piece of art. Today, the selection is from Mackenzie J., Grade 8</p><p><br /></p><p></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A
Halfway-Postmortem Conversation Between an Eidolon and a Triggerman</span><span style="font-size: 20pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #767676; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #767676; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">My murderer, my maker</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="right" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The ghost who reprises my footprints</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="right" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Ellipses left behind in the snow</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The last face I ever
saw</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="right" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The one I can’t unsee</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Just the friend of a
friend</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="right" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">An acquaintance, that’s all</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">A eulogy</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="right" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">A faded scream</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I thought you’d left
behind a widower</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="right" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I’ve left behind a vilomah</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="right" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">There’s no apology I can give you</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="right" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">You’re evanesced now, after all</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Only dust upon the
wind…</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="right" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Sometimes I wish to join you</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">No, please</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Please, don’t go too</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">But my friend, what will I do</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Now that my only memory is you?</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></i></b></span></p><p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><i></i></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7nvNt_RuOp77dhwVtWgfF84kOt-0IC631nK8YjvCiwH6EuvxShp5J6pn-pQP3eakuEhLtSP69B3GahGG4w-cw1ZtcGHHl2BEsPF4iHZQWhzgKOsNKLTPiCORfRtbT-6xMjg-J6zKjtNLjFZTakLdHtUrzRY9sI2AbPW_EZh99WC5xrcuaRTDQYRQAbw/s2507/June%201.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1886" data-original-width="2507" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7nvNt_RuOp77dhwVtWgfF84kOt-0IC631nK8YjvCiwH6EuvxShp5J6pn-pQP3eakuEhLtSP69B3GahGG4w-cw1ZtcGHHl2BEsPF4iHZQWhzgKOsNKLTPiCORfRtbT-6xMjg-J6zKjtNLjFZTakLdHtUrzRY9sI2AbPW_EZh99WC5xrcuaRTDQYRQAbw/w400-h301/June%201.png" width="400" /></a></i></b></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><i><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></i></b></span><p></p><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508249632564685212.post-31733098069064346072023-06-01T03:00:00.003-07:002023-06-01T04:57:03.513-07:00Farewell Day 1: June 1st with Ellana K.<span style="font-family: georgia;">To close out an exceptional year at <i>Sevenatenine</i>, we will present a different poet's work each day accompanied with artwork created by the poet. </span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Today, enjoy work by Ellana K., Grade 7</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">looking at the bigger picture </span></i></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></i></b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">When
the wrens <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">sing
their song every morning,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I
think of the little stroke of paint to the picture.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I
am told to<i> look at the big picture</i>;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">As
if the big picture is even a beautiful one<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I
am told to <i>stop looking at the smaller picture;</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">but
which picture shows <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">/earth/<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">then
the big one?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Which
picture displays my <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">life
next to every 8 billion pictures then the small one?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">which is a painting of our world and what we know
it as</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">When
will the bigger picture ever not be so philosophical,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">as
our lives was never made <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">to
be but perhaps the earth just planned it to be<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I
don’t think <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">our
life is meaningful it’s just a life,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">one
in 8 billion one picture in the big picture<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">one
artwork time well spent on<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">that’s
still as insignificant as the next<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">picture;
the next painting<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">in
the bigger picture<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">which
isn’t as nice as we all think<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">it
is</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_9DLP1cfMWHtQGhIhqbUQh4MWf9WUvuPmedYby2tynUuznnmpiPv8xOIivA4-WuWIsO2QKUmDv1GO30-8Of2kA5MLVFxyUwX3EZbWVhu0U7aGtWZQOqPVjPbzjj_1VThw0xnOfSlEbM6d9TX5fIKUmfsN8S4QBnRvjflkfF4pvv9LpNOKfm_Ulu3Mkw/s4032/June%202.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_9DLP1cfMWHtQGhIhqbUQh4MWf9WUvuPmedYby2tynUuznnmpiPv8xOIivA4-WuWIsO2QKUmDv1GO30-8Of2kA5MLVFxyUwX3EZbWVhu0U7aGtWZQOqPVjPbzjj_1VThw0xnOfSlEbM6d9TX5fIKUmfsN8S4QBnRvjflkfF4pvv9LpNOKfm_Ulu3Mkw/w400-h300/June%202.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508249632564685212.post-69952351427785927572023-05-18T06:29:00.001-07:002023-05-18T06:29:25.209-07:00May Showers<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our spring allergies are coaxing tears: enjoy crying with us through this lachrymose May post. Now where is my Flonase? </div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Let My Eyes Close<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Puffy little marshmallows,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The tufts of fluff in rabbits’ ears,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A numbing coat of Aloe Vera<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Across my burns and tears.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Slide a hand across my face<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Though it seems so face away,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It’s warm and light like a feather duster<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Keeping the dust at bay.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Swaddled up like a little lad,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A young mouse pup in their nest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Eyes wide open, lashes fluttering,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Waiting to fall into rest.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Feel my lips shudder softly,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Gasp as air stutters past,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Let my eyes close gently and slowly<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and <i>quietly…<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">As sleep engulfs me at last.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">by Richard W., Grade 8<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Author’s note:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“it was MEANT to be nice and positive…”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDEBwa91YEM8GRhHrvWNVS7Brhj4YJNssdlW_lZCgaaPDLC1R3eqK1oIJYhAOgAiljsq_a0y__DUxh3Ow4YO8qYynRAIxTPGRq4_ItyfG8TLE7pF8W_6Yk68Zr_dkjMkUsUbqyTeSSDMsJ_VHPY6yQhQnFeDQfuEZWTiRE9ecMYDnG6VKYcY1bRFUotg/s852/MAY%20litmage%202023.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="624" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDEBwa91YEM8GRhHrvWNVS7Brhj4YJNssdlW_lZCgaaPDLC1R3eqK1oIJYhAOgAiljsq_a0y__DUxh3Ow4YO8qYynRAIxTPGRq4_ItyfG8TLE7pF8W_6Yk68Zr_dkjMkUsUbqyTeSSDMsJ_VHPY6yQhQnFeDQfuEZWTiRE9ecMYDnG6VKYcY1bRFUotg/w293-h400/MAY%20litmage%202023.png" width="293" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">by Mariana M., Grade 7</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .1in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Hidden in the light,
hidden in the dark<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .1in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .1in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A
lucent yellow light floods a pitch-black room in color<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .1in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The
same light against the sun is weak, diluted by radiant gold rays.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .1in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A
story is told by one of dishonor, mischief, and fury,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .1in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">then
told by one of trauma, sorrow, and misfortune.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .1in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We
all have blind spots in our vision, things we do not want to see.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .1in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The
light tricks our eyes, playful, as if our trust is simply a game.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .1in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .1in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">For
whom are we to believe?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .1in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">When
the light distorts our thoughts<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .1in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">For
whom are we to believe?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .1in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Without
all-knowing knowledge.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .1in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .1in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Maybe
if we could see in the dark, we could find the deceit.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .1in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Maybe
if we could block out the sun, we could pinpoint the lie.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .1in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .1in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The
light hides the truth<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .1in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The
sane<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .1in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The
right<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .1in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The
shadow hides the false<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .1in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The
betrayal<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .1in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The
wrong<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .1in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">simply
trust your gut<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .1in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Your
mind<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .1in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Your
heart<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .1in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .1in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Because
nothing looks the same in the light than in the dark.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .1in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .1in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">by Anya A., Grade 9<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Being There<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">no name | no type of story<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">(Amy rising, now Everybody!)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">by Jack D., Grade 9<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNc_pF8nVYcZT8pHTt3ClNCLtmm7cYc987_74B-Cuvvn-snOIcuTwos3ybL_RwlirtKdYCxLtxzqLtBCKy9FwUoYH_DgPu41go0E6sMAwCl9vq0R-AAMhObMHrGZsOVtrFpQCZrba4gqJpBUq9S6tSTlFjNMvtIwA6Cz2s0myRIaBIytW8vvPxktOTkA/s1839/MAY%20litmage%202023%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1839" data-original-width="1430" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNc_pF8nVYcZT8pHTt3ClNCLtmm7cYc987_74B-Cuvvn-snOIcuTwos3ybL_RwlirtKdYCxLtxzqLtBCKy9FwUoYH_DgPu41go0E6sMAwCl9vq0R-AAMhObMHrGZsOVtrFpQCZrba4gqJpBUq9S6tSTlFjNMvtIwA6Cz2s0myRIaBIytW8vvPxktOTkA/w311-h400/MAY%20litmage%202023%202.jpg" width="311" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork by Mackenzie J., Grade 8</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Sub Rosa<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Out beneath the Sakura tree<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">They’ll approach with faces rose red<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">For just a moment, they’ll let themselves forget<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">And they’ll leave with brief laughter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">And hair newly braided<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">While you hide your daisies from sight<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">You’ll keep it sub rosa, darling<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Keep it hush-hush<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">They’ve no need to see<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The flowers blooming<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Beneath your bandaged wrists<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Those roots of entropy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">You’re a peacekeeper<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A mediator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Your wish to help them smile<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Between stomped out cigarettes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">And bleeding burns<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">And debts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">How cruel you’d be<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">To add another worry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">When you can hold it together alright<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">by Mackenzie J., Grade 8<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">When you wrote MY independence, were you looking at
ME?</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Did the freedom fighters really fight for freedom?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I mean, for the dark skins, light skins, all the people
of color<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Is freedom really freedom if you enslave someone else
instead?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Did you know butchered sold tortured gawked at<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Not a pig in a slaughterhouse but a real human being<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">chased with dogs and shot at<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">High class society fancy dresses tailored suits prim
and pressed<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Her families dinner for a year traded for a frilly
dress<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Hushed quieted can you please zip your mouth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Because mama always told me <i>No one like it when the
truth gets out<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Except for the wronged the persecuted the struggled<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and here are the words out the mouths of the people,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I have been <b>[REDACTED]</b> down south they would <b>[REDACTED]<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">That’s weird why can’t I speak, how about we try again
<b>[REDACTED] [REDACTED]</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">7 minorities all brutally impacted<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">If you don’t like the world than try to just act
within it<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I did try I tried and <b>[REDACTED] [REDACTED]<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">That’s not what I said but here I am being censored
instead<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">sorry if I am apprehensive but you will not cut my
words off<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">That’s what I say but I’m shut down by white men in
big suits that drink Jack Smirnoff<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .1in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shut it down NO you will hear me out<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am aggressive
I am loud, so they put me in a cage<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I am not an animal, but I am looking for a change<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I will not shut it down and I will not cave or behave<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I am a voice, I am impacted<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Ignore me “redacted” but the fact is<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">If you don’t listen don’t help me help us<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .1in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then do not be surprised when one day WE cut
YOU off<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .1in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .1in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">by Avalyn C., Grade 8<o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508249632564685212.post-48715687437134145182023-04-26T05:01:00.002-07:002023-05-18T06:18:55.383-07:00National Poetry Month at Holicong<p>The cherry trees are blooming, and so are our ideas! We are thrilled to say that we have too many poems for just one post this month, so look for a second one shortly. Today, after school, students will be enjoying a Poetry Slam with Holicong's Writing club, run by Miss Slotterback. We hope to have many stories from this event to share! </p><p><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">to the person who will someday love me<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">to the person who will someday love me:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">here’s some things you should know. not the basic
stuff, the generic stuff, but the smaller stuff.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">take note.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">i love to vitamin water, specifically the açaí-blueberry
flavor.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">i love saxophone music.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">i love the idea of sitting at the top of an empty
holicong auditorium and singing my soprano heart out.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">i love the moon in the darkness of the night and
walking down city streets in the glow of streetlamps.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">i love walking up to sunny saturday mornings, when i
peek through my drapes to find the sun shining over the backyard.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">i love overcast spring days and watching the sun set.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">i love riding my bike through the endlessly paved
streets of cold spring hunt.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">i love the smell of freshly cut grass and i’m happier
after a hug.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">i love walking through the woods behind my cousin’s
house and lying on their trampoline to look up at the trees.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">i love walking down the cape may boardwalk at night
and smelling the fresh salty air off the sea.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and i’ll love you, whoever you turn out to be.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">by Kate M., Grade 8<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #1f3864; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #1f3864; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 128;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7oB6EOQ3LZM3yLD7ZTegcndPdmcUFPOURu7Vc1vOMDdrNtc1QuWiCGFprzTcwsF1aBEga763MecBXca0bihAs_icb97B70Wu6lP9510lHPsHzQHhI5HKo7-kn7KVLCAB07jN11iG0ddrzJw64FCsZ1TZ-9wUf6P_fcXMYx08Ei04jAzctBTv7DjlTiw/s2749/IMG_0154.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2284" data-original-width="2749" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7oB6EOQ3LZM3yLD7ZTegcndPdmcUFPOURu7Vc1vOMDdrNtc1QuWiCGFprzTcwsF1aBEga763MecBXca0bihAs_icb97B70Wu6lP9510lHPsHzQHhI5HKo7-kn7KVLCAB07jN11iG0ddrzJw64FCsZ1TZ-9wUf6P_fcXMYx08Ei04jAzctBTv7DjlTiw/w400-h333/IMG_0154.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork by Audrey H., Grade 9</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #1f3864; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 128;"><br /><o:p><br /></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Fortnite<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It
has everything,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It’s
doing the most<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A
whole bunch of colors,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">People
doing emotes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I
hit a loot lama,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Give
me the mats<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">There
are a lot of try-hards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">They
build really fast.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I
open the item shop<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It’s
the game’s crux,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I
see a cool skin,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">1800
V-Bucks.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Renegade
Raider<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Was
the name,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Rumor
has it<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It’s
the rarest skin in the game.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I
get in the game<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I’m
on a bus<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Everyone
looks at me,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">They’re
all acting sus.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I’m
playing with my friend,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">He’s
talking on the mic, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We’re
in creative mode,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It’s
a never-ending fight.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I’m
cranking 90s<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">on
his head,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In
about 10 seconds,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">he
was dead.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It
was the last circle,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The
storm’s coming in,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I
started shooting him,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">He
has my same skin.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">His
building broke,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">There’s
no going back,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I
shot him from the high ground,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">My
aim started to lack.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">My
teammate died,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">He
said it was my fault, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">he
probably would’ve won,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">if
he wasn’t such a default.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I
haven’t played in a while,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">This
lovely old game,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I
forgot the feeling it brings me,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It’s
never a shame.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The
new season just dropped, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Everything
is new,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">New
skins with hats, sweatshirts, pants,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">But
no Honey Boo Boo.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">There
are new dirt bikes,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The
design is very sick,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">New
black wheels<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">And
the different color paint is slick.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I
need the battle pass,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Or
else I will have depression,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I
got a Fortnite tutor<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I’m
excited for our session.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">There’s
a new shotgun<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It’s
called the Thunder Pump<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I
used to be bad at Fortnite<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">But
I got out of that slump.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">They
brought back the almighty weapon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Its
name, The Scar, best gun in the game<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Everyone
I kill<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Cries
with shame<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The
new map is floating in space<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">With
islands around it<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Will
we ever be on them?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">by Ryan W., Grade 7 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #1f3864; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 128;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> gamer tag: AREyouG00D<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia-5zorkWzgpseYK1uN5lQC0-AYwlD4Zn1D1NLl-JK52TYc78mU9b6XW-oSgSZkwtge7yXT9zRRVi7Ju7udekzbLdZinzmgPp7bPqO1tjt81R4RXAUggZhSddaGd-rO6op8WqTzG77wbK0AK80wm2BpsJrs5ewX0xSWGLnjNz6LMQcYXaOo2C5sobdbg/s3230/IMG_0157.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3230" data-original-width="1917" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia-5zorkWzgpseYK1uN5lQC0-AYwlD4Zn1D1NLl-JK52TYc78mU9b6XW-oSgSZkwtge7yXT9zRRVi7Ju7udekzbLdZinzmgPp7bPqO1tjt81R4RXAUggZhSddaGd-rO6op8WqTzG77wbK0AK80wm2BpsJrs5ewX0xSWGLnjNz6LMQcYXaOo2C5sobdbg/w238-h400/IMG_0157.jpg" width="238" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork by Ali D., Grade 7</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /><o:p><br /></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Not
Yesterday, Nor Tomorrow<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Today.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Today,
it’s awfully sunny.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Yesterday
wasn’t <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">and
nobody can say what tomorrow will be.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, it’s not too hot, or too cold<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s just today.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because it’s just today.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not yesterday, nor
tomorrow<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s just today.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Sometimes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">I hate
today.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Sometimes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">I love
today.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Sometimes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">it feels
like yesterday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Sometimes,
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">tomorrow
will feel like today.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Sometimes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">the sun
is too bright.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I just want to choke it with my
blanket, hiding myself.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I hide from today
often.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Today is terribly bright.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Today might rain.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But it doesn’t
matter, it’s just today.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not yesterday, nor
tomorrow.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just today.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Just
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just today.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just one day…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One day today will
end for me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But for now,
it’s just today.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Just
today.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">by Ellana
K., Grade 7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkl7k6YoOUIKJjXaWAYatu8QtCI_SHU19IlwWOzP6c4jpnSEZqO__p6wLVzLg2t9j0eWdqU0oSstjFYdnsMyAb0Mq32-M7YnGK1KkHRgtLF0wb11sTFaIoQ2lFxr_Dj7p2BvqGOl17ygLuH1qsBPIV7pkAMLPhYnc1xqTQ5Ik_-s3ceYNBbNyOmMOpww/s2722/IMG_0156.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2073" data-original-width="2722" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkl7k6YoOUIKJjXaWAYatu8QtCI_SHU19IlwWOzP6c4jpnSEZqO__p6wLVzLg2t9j0eWdqU0oSstjFYdnsMyAb0Mq32-M7YnGK1KkHRgtLF0wb11sTFaIoQ2lFxr_Dj7p2BvqGOl17ygLuH1qsBPIV7pkAMLPhYnc1xqTQ5Ik_-s3ceYNBbNyOmMOpww/w400-h305/IMG_0156.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork by Ava S., Grade 8</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Bored
thoughts of an unimaginable being<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Get lost
in the lines<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Of those
corduroy pants<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">And
follow the flare<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Of that
green plaid sweater<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Swallow
the squeak<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Of the
brown leather shoes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">And cry
at the body attached<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">by Nia
H., Grade 9<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbjpksLbT1DJhLQLBtiQ-xKn6wrsYoHl_Cg3ZcYCeqO8XM7C06SWhV1fM1cAsGKqQ4XJwFJHlE0WJWss71BFInsQmuBOj5CFy5_OlauaSSzOynPQuvGA_-yKB7MkyGMEUv2Wa9tct5IbfFsFYaMNXXeWp93ztI98Htw4XG-oU0mGv_tcnJz1vf-Izzzw/s3010/IMG_0155.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2309" data-original-width="3010" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbjpksLbT1DJhLQLBtiQ-xKn6wrsYoHl_Cg3ZcYCeqO8XM7C06SWhV1fM1cAsGKqQ4XJwFJHlE0WJWss71BFInsQmuBOj5CFy5_OlauaSSzOynPQuvGA_-yKB7MkyGMEUv2Wa9tct5IbfFsFYaMNXXeWp93ztI98Htw4XG-oU0mGv_tcnJz1vf-Izzzw/w400-h306/IMG_0155.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork by Lisa T., Grade 9</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508249632564685212.post-38669902965915488722023-03-21T11:02:00.000-07:002023-03-21T11:02:12.950-07:00A Gallery Where Comments Are Welcome<p>You may notice that this year on Sevenatenine, you are reading more than one poem by the same poet, and becoming familiar with the voice each individual poet brings to their body of work. </p><p>What are you noticing? Is there a certain poet whose work you would like to praise? Leave us a comment and share your thinking! </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdzVlLdAdBzVgIYSZ7d-XKHZm2WYmf4_QEQUWVSGAERmnyaQ_6IchySBEWmzGEHTPCHZdPH4WOnSAshQ8YbSYfhj_OExexXu2XT1jF2ZW8_gebiAaTsJ6zduh_b58jTF-3rx4EurhFWAYlsoK0kMMiguWosqe_GOrQWrTeBAv62XsOoc2x3J42sZdePQ/s1703/Zofia%20S.,%20Grade%209.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1463" data-original-width="1703" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdzVlLdAdBzVgIYSZ7d-XKHZm2WYmf4_QEQUWVSGAERmnyaQ_6IchySBEWmzGEHTPCHZdPH4WOnSAshQ8YbSYfhj_OExexXu2XT1jF2ZW8_gebiAaTsJ6zduh_b58jTF-3rx4EurhFWAYlsoK0kMMiguWosqe_GOrQWrTeBAv62XsOoc2x3J42sZdePQ/w400-h344/Zofia%20S.,%20Grade%209.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork by Sjostjedt Z., Grade 9</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The Colder Side of the Room<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f3864; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I step through the door</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f3864; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">and greet a familiar issue.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f3864; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I sit down, feeling rigid<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f3864; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">it’s colder on this side of the room.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f3864; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f3864; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A drab and relentless breeze bombards my face<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f3864; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">my shoulders shift in their icy prison<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f3864; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I start to lean away.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f3864; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Away and away, to the inviting warmth that’s so close<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f3864; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">it’s so close now, just like how this class is close to finished…<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f3864; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">but I take a look back into their eyes and I find my body has been turned
to stone<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f3864; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I worry that if I return to the warmth<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f3864; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">the ice I my veins will melt and all the words will come seeping out<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f3864; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I <i>really </i>don’t want that<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f3864; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I can’t just leave them alone here…<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f3864; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f3864; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">So I sigh with one last longing glance at the heat so irrefutably close,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f3864; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">my cracked and frostbitten lips curve into a smile.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f3864; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f3864; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I slide back<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f3864; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">to the colder side of the room.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f3864; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">by Emma S., Grade 7<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f3864; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f3864; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgeTc5q8uZLwgWoN8vQ3JF0_UkKnw-v60IPqqT0iJuql_mZe4nWkpmBmigmuftlrhqimghdZOSBba7Rbk_0wBFbYOqxNqwDqlhDatLRe38VHCm5I4Wsp3chWK2JYXxKn4bdItyZD8mEfstv3z3MDmIkoEmQTfQKsmmIzS--dwk8XY5sq6Av31Qnfi1EA/s1452/Dalen%20I.,%20Grade%208.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1082" data-original-width="1452" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgeTc5q8uZLwgWoN8vQ3JF0_UkKnw-v60IPqqT0iJuql_mZe4nWkpmBmigmuftlrhqimghdZOSBba7Rbk_0wBFbYOqxNqwDqlhDatLRe38VHCm5I4Wsp3chWK2JYXxKn4bdItyZD8mEfstv3z3MDmIkoEmQTfQKsmmIzS--dwk8XY5sq6Av31Qnfi1EA/w400-h297/Dalen%20I.,%20Grade%208.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork by Ibragamov, D., Grade 8</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Little
Love Stories I Keep In My Journal To Daydream About On Later Occasions<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I wrote about his
smile.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This one I want to
see in my dreams.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And now I’m afraid of
the words that I want to say.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Keep falling deeper
into the dimples—<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I love dimples.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A tacenda between me
and me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My fairy of perfume.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Spill the scent and
trap me in a misty haze.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Let me fall into the
complex profile, eager to learn more.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I can draw the limped
crescents of his eyes when he smiles.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Wrinkle for wrinkle.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Cheeks rosy and
puffed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I should respect
myself as much as I respect him.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I love him as much as
I should love myself. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But for now, I’m
perfectly not so perfect at daydreaming about what we could be.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">More so what I could
be.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Because our possible
love story I keep writing about is just me,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Falling in love with
myself through someone else.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Which is why I
continue to write <i>these </i>two little love stories for myself.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Because I deserve to
be loved just as much as every other person in the world.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Daydream or not.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">by Jaime P., Grade 9<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj38bAa33W2FDK-M2yNRhuvCTYqAoG5iwuFpwxV7upvofd-gbJieL_JZm6d0YVDZoFgZo1lDK-Ee_t1Ndh9qAXKUMEomLv3csYtOEn8PpocQW4aKeTlTBAkiGOm5b3-4xx5UIGhChBPgrI_VKzFJogUNGfJomlDlYz-6Wpn1VfAdNO7ScwTbmKm1ADbuQ/s1599/Aubrey%20S.,%20Grade%209.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1599" data-original-width="1325" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj38bAa33W2FDK-M2yNRhuvCTYqAoG5iwuFpwxV7upvofd-gbJieL_JZm6d0YVDZoFgZo1lDK-Ee_t1Ndh9qAXKUMEomLv3csYtOEn8PpocQW4aKeTlTBAkiGOm5b3-4xx5UIGhChBPgrI_VKzFJogUNGfJomlDlYz-6Wpn1VfAdNO7ScwTbmKm1ADbuQ/w331-h400/Aubrey%20S.,%20Grade%209.jpg" width="331" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork by Aubrey S., Grade 9</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Not
Yesterday, Nor Tomorrow<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Today.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Today, it’s awfully
sunny.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Yesterday wasn’t <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">and nobody can say
what tomorrow will be.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, it’s not too hot, or too cold<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s just today.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because it’s just today.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not yesterday, nor
tomorrow<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s just today.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sometimes,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I hate today.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sometimes,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I love today.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sometimes,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">it feels like
yesterday.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sometimes, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">tomorrow will feel
like today.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sometimes,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">the sun is too
bright.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I just want to choke it with my
blanket, hiding myself.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I hide from today
often.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Today is terribly bright.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Today might rain.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But it doesn’t
matter, it’s just today.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not yesterday, nor
tomorrow.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just today.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Just Sunday, Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just today.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just one day…<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One day today will
end for me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But for now,
it’s just today.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Just today.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">by Ellana K., Grade 7<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw5pYY0i3Pc-Y8Ow2PrXuza4KzYGpWrJqvXGJi2nYP1l_nNw4jGQnd-444P2FuevGGKzc9qmzAS42lzxDygMkloB9I6UKFzVq8ewx5y-tb8Mr0W273TSBQX7UsPr9Zo9f0fM1hYrzc8uVnDsznUKOJWiCNs3PpvFga2KbwFP0A1N0g7VT9VtTtngmNQA/s1414/Hannah%20S.,%20Grade%209.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1101" data-original-width="1414" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw5pYY0i3Pc-Y8Ow2PrXuza4KzYGpWrJqvXGJi2nYP1l_nNw4jGQnd-444P2FuevGGKzc9qmzAS42lzxDygMkloB9I6UKFzVq8ewx5y-tb8Mr0W273TSBQX7UsPr9Zo9f0fM1hYrzc8uVnDsznUKOJWiCNs3PpvFga2KbwFP0A1N0g7VT9VtTtngmNQA/w400-h311/Hannah%20S.,%20Grade%209.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork by Hannah S., Grade 9</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Bored
thoughts of an unimaginable being<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Get lost in the lines<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Of those corduroy
pants<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And follow the flare<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Of that green plaid
sweater<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Swallow the squeak<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Of the brown leather
shoes<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And cry at the body
attached<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">by Nia H., Grade 9<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508249632564685212.post-72760968107821901102023-02-21T11:13:00.000-08:002023-02-21T11:13:09.204-08:00Poems for the Longest/Shortest Month of the Year<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">February feels at once formidable and fleeting, and this year's weather and lack of a snowy slowdown has not helped us much! It's the kind of chagrin that only the arts can heal. Enjoy this month's post! </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22.6625px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US">Ghosted</span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" color="windowtext" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; 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--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 22.6625px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW143689360 BCX8" paraeid="{db347202-c464-4ac4-b5ac-9fd8e92b25e1}{41}" paraid="303892281" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">12:51 pm</span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":2,"335551620":2,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW143689360 BCX8" paraeid="{db347202-c464-4ac4-b5ac-9fd8e92b25e1}{47}" paraid="1032293176" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Every other day</span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":2,"335551620":2,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW143689360 BCX8" paraeid="{db347202-c464-4ac4-b5ac-9fd8e92b25e1}{53}" paraid="1690382919" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">We pass each other in the hall</span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":2,"335551620":2,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; 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--tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Not a single word to say.</span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":2,"335551620":2,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; 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margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">a beautiful sunset</span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":2,"335551620":2,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; 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margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">rays warm my moribund body</span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":2,"335551620":2,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; 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--tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Excerpts from “</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">A Musing on the Falsity of Man’s Favorite Thoughts</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">”</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; 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font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW143689360 BCX8" paraeid="{db347202-c464-4ac4-b5ac-9fd8e92b25e1}{153}" paraid="1231350524" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; 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--tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">The world will be quiet</span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":2,"335551620":2,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW143689360 BCX8" paraeid="{db347202-c464-4ac4-b5ac-9fd8e92b25e1}{159}" paraid="1614077983" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">At least, you would think</span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW143689360 BCX8" paraeid="{db347202-c464-4ac4-b5ac-9fd8e92b25e1}{165}" paraid="867376236" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">You would think in the darkness</span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":2,"335551620":2,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW143689360 BCX8" paraeid="{db347202-c464-4ac4-b5ac-9fd8e92b25e1}{171}" paraid="1672639640" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">We would lay down and cry</span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":2,"335551620":2,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW143689360 BCX8" paraeid="{db347202-c464-4ac4-b5ac-9fd8e92b25e1}{177}" paraid="188155925" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">For all we have lost</span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":2,"335551620":2,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW143689360 BCX8" paraeid="{db347202-c464-4ac4-b5ac-9fd8e92b25e1}{183}" paraid="1793925757" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">For the things we’ve not tried</span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":2,"335551620":2,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW143689360 BCX8" paraeid="{db347202-c464-4ac4-b5ac-9fd8e92b25e1}{189}" paraid="1416202625" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">But if you ask me what I think</span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW143689360 BCX8" paraeid="{db347202-c464-4ac4-b5ac-9fd8e92b25e1}{195}" paraid="1491257836" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">I think we will sing</span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW143689360 BCX8" paraeid="{db347202-c464-4ac4-b5ac-9fd8e92b25e1}{201}" paraid="503257845" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: right; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Like olden sea shanties</span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":3,"335551620":3,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW143689360 BCX8" paraeid="{db347202-c464-4ac4-b5ac-9fd8e92b25e1}{207}" paraid="1027037262" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: right; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">To sing all together</span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":3,"335551620":3,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW143689360 BCX8" paraeid="{db347202-c464-4ac4-b5ac-9fd8e92b25e1}{213}" paraid="1557122535" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: right; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">No matter tone nor key</span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":3,"335551620":3,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW143689360 BCX8" paraeid="{db347202-c464-4ac4-b5ac-9fd8e92b25e1}{219}" paraid="48191739" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">So grab an instrument</span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW143689360 BCX8" paraeid="{db347202-c464-4ac4-b5ac-9fd8e92b25e1}{225}" paraid="921702227" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Pour out your heart</span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW143689360 BCX8" paraeid="{db347202-c464-4ac4-b5ac-9fd8e92b25e1}{231}" paraid="1987467802" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-indent: 48px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; 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--tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW143689360 BCX8" paraeid="{4a77b1c3-0ad7-48dc-b95a-673b009a6758}{2}" paraid="242015413" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26.9792px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">L</span><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">ife is not </span><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">poetic</span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; 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--tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW143689360 BCX8" paraeid="{4a77b1c3-0ad7-48dc-b95a-673b009a6758}{12}" paraid="1030819737" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Pain is not </span><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">brave</span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW143689360 BCX8" paraeid="{4a77b1c3-0ad7-48dc-b95a-673b009a6758}{20}" paraid="1510953647" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; 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line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">To hurt is not</span><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">intellectual</span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW143689360 BCX8" paraeid="{4a77b1c3-0ad7-48dc-b95a-673b009a6758}{30}" paraid="2046812624" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; 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background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Those were words we wrote</span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; 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--tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW143689360 BCX8" paraeid="{4a77b1c3-0ad7-48dc-b95a-673b009a6758}{74}" paraid="1507844775" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Not truths kept sacred</span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW143689360 BCX8" paraeid="{4a77b1c3-0ad7-48dc-b95a-673b009a6758}{80}" paraid="336602780" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Life is not </span><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">poetic</span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW143689360 BCX8" paraeid="{4a77b1c3-0ad7-48dc-b95a-673b009a6758}{88}" paraid="1232531621" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Death is not </span><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">beautiful</span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; 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--tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">And in the </span><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; 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--tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; 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margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">*</span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":2,"335551620":2,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; 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--tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":2,"335551620":2,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW143689360 BCX8" paraeid="{4a77b1c3-0ad7-48dc-b95a-673b009a6758}{148}" paraid="1923632465" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-indent: 48px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">A lot of the time I think people misunderstand our generation</span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW143689360 BCX8" paraeid="{4a77b1c3-0ad7-48dc-b95a-673b009a6758}{154}" paraid="1770656209" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Yes</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">, we are dreamers</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW143689360 BCX8" paraeid="{4a77b1c3-0ad7-48dc-b95a-673b009a6758}{162}" paraid="1847561002" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-indent: 192px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">But </span><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">please</span><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">, look at what we’re dreaming of:</span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; 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--tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">The fu</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">ture</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> we imagine isn’t a fancy sci-fi</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; 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--tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">It’s not fl</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; 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--tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> or convenient automation</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW143689360 BCX8" paraeid="{4a77b1c3-0ad7-48dc-b95a-673b009a6758}{204}" paraid="1440713247" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">It is faceless governments</span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW143689360 BCX8" paraeid="{4a77b1c3-0ad7-48dc-b95a-673b009a6758}{210}" paraid="949680767" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> and thoroug</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">h lies</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW143689360 BCX8" paraeid="{4a77b1c3-0ad7-48dc-b95a-673b009a6758}{218}" paraid="109517145" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">It is sickness,</span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW143689360 BCX8" paraeid="{4a77b1c3-0ad7-48dc-b95a-673b009a6758}{224}" paraid="1509114841" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> it is pandemics,</span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW143689360 BCX8" paraeid="{4a77b1c3-0ad7-48dc-b95a-673b009a6758}{230}" paraid="1846411777" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> it is brutality</span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW143689360 BCX8" paraeid="{4a77b1c3-0ad7-48dc-b95a-673b009a6758}{236}" paraid="1049543068" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">It is the last dregs of hope trying desperately to survive</span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW143689360 BCX8" paraeid="{4a77b1c3-0ad7-48dc-b95a-673b009a6758}{242}" paraid="2131096993" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW143689360 BCX8" paraeid="{4a77b1c3-0ad7-48dc-b95a-673b009a6758}{246}" paraid="1683829450" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Yes, we are dreamers</span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW143689360 BCX8" paraeid="{4a77b1c3-0ad7-48dc-b95a-673b009a6758}{252}" paraid="356629730" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-indent: 192px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">But </span><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">please</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">, </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">do not call us naïve, or ignorant</span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW143689360 BCX8" paraeid="{76a9b81e-d4d7-4e77-936f-11071f0c7a25}{9}" paraid="136599817" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">We are here</span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW143689360 BCX8" paraeid="{76a9b81e-d4d7-4e77-936f-11071f0c7a25}{15}" paraid="1997446301" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> We are aware</span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW143689360 BCX8" paraeid="{76a9b81e-d4d7-4e77-936f-11071f0c7a25}{21}" paraid="1111803598" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> And we are deeply,</span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW143689360 BCX8" paraeid="{76a9b81e-d4d7-4e77-936f-11071f0c7a25}{27}" paraid="2085615004" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> deeply,</span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; 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--tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> Everything you tell is told with such eloquence</span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; 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--tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":2,"335551620":2,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW143689360 BCX8" paraeid="{76a9b81e-d4d7-4e77-936f-11071f0c7a25}{115}" paraid="1688749901" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">My…</span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":2,"335551620":2,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW143689360 BCX8" paraeid="{76a9b81e-d4d7-4e77-936f-11071f0c7a25}{121}" paraid="357519391" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; 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--tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Your min</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">d must really be</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":2,"335551620":2,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; 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--tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Such a terrible, terrible place</span><span class="EOP SCXW143689360 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":2,"335551620":2,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW143689360 BCX8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; 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--tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><br /></span></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508249632564685212.post-11936247925746590492023-01-27T09:34:00.001-08:002023-01-27T09:34:36.471-08:00The Two Faces of January<p> Just as the name January comes to us from a Roman god, Janus, with two faces, so our post this month reflects love and peril, loss and adventure, nostalgia and Nikes. Writing and art are amalgams of all that we are. </p><p>We hope you enjoy the fruits of our labor as a new calendar year begins!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgIBpuVRcN0hxxGxJ7NysG-5HtW15U1UFdgiTj5sUErHqvdynBcriKyaG-H2s6OfHlXyLfHpcHgfE7ZdRdwxuExdhEJCI32E1jzlOb8qXRZq_GDphJQo3rBEREUi-aIzWEBxV02QIEhAGeueeZtehXH-aT2wDH_H70ZizEqIqehxlhIvp7SouArtN2TQ/s2733/IMG_5410.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2034" data-original-width="2733" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgIBpuVRcN0hxxGxJ7NysG-5HtW15U1UFdgiTj5sUErHqvdynBcriKyaG-H2s6OfHlXyLfHpcHgfE7ZdRdwxuExdhEJCI32E1jzlOb8qXRZq_GDphJQo3rBEREUi-aIzWEBxV02QIEhAGeueeZtehXH-aT2wDH_H70ZizEqIqehxlhIvp7SouArtN2TQ/w400-h297/IMG_5410.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork by Chris H., Grade 8</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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-webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Let it be known:</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{03347d9d-3c08-4054-922d-76eb5f0915a4}{177}" paraid="94584844" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Our novel love is a prototype</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{03347d9d-3c08-4054-922d-76eb5f0915a4}{183}" paraid="1154569713" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">for the screen.</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{03347d9d-3c08-4054-922d-76eb5f0915a4}{189}" paraid="1525970523" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Exemplary and abiding, </span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{03347d9d-3c08-4054-922d-76eb5f0915a4}{195}" paraid="1623716474" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">sure to age just as the eternal stars did.</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{03347d9d-3c08-4054-922d-76eb5f0915a4}{201}" paraid="1387319476" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{03347d9d-3c08-4054-922d-76eb5f0915a4}{205}" paraid="203202359" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">But time will wisp aways</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{03347d9d-3c08-4054-922d-76eb5f0915a4}{211}" paraid="888256628" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">its evocation a souvenir,</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{03347d9d-3c08-4054-922d-76eb5f0915a4}{217}" paraid="383844626" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">its echo imprinted for us only.</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{03347d9d-3c08-4054-922d-76eb5f0915a4}{223}" paraid="844637681" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Only to rewind and b</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">ehold,</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{03347d9d-3c08-4054-922d-76eb5f0915a4}{231}" paraid="612229591" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">for only to us is it bared</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{03347d9d-3c08-4054-922d-76eb5f0915a4}{237}" paraid="61473539" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{03347d9d-3c08-4054-922d-76eb5f0915a4}{241}" paraid="102056005" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">To witness out affection disperse and tear,</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{03347d9d-3c08-4054-922d-76eb5f0915a4}{247}" paraid="375003336" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">to implode like the stars,</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{03347d9d-3c08-4054-922d-76eb5f0915a4}{253}" paraid="817735818" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">to survey the damage and fall to bits,</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{e4fba2bb-b941-4bc4-83b2-43f14e30b584}{4}" paraid="176480702" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">reliving the dismantled fiction,</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{e4fba2bb-b941-4bc4-83b2-43f14e30b584}{10}" paraid="1558568150" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">would be all too dire</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{e4fba2bb-b941-4bc4-83b2-43f14e30b584}{18}" paraid="1547127683" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{e4fba2bb-b941-4bc4-83b2-43f14e30b584}{22}" paraid="2017800320" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">To adore you is a tragedy in of itself,</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{e4fba2bb-b941-4bc4-83b2-43f14e30b584}{28}" paraid="1771398473" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">for there are possibilities </span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{e4fba2bb-b941-4bc4-83b2-43f14e30b584}{34}" paraid="1743296558" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">I’m not willing to chance.</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{e4fba2bb-b941-4bc4-83b2-43f14e30b584}{40}" paraid="1927357543" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{e4fba2bb-b941-4bc4-83b2-43f14e30b584}{44}" paraid="1947751270" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Until we meet our demise will I cherish it dear.</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{e4fba2bb-b941-4bc4-83b2-43f14e30b584}{50}" paraid="551450020" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">For our love, though a peril jeopardy, is da</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">rling in the worst way.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{e4fba2bb-b941-4bc4-83b2-43f14e30b584}{58}" paraid="1733129125" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-image: var(--urlContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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")); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">So</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> for now, let this stay.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{e4fba2bb-b941-4bc4-83b2-43f14e30b584}{66}" paraid="1952937684" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{e4fba2bb-b941-4bc4-83b2-43f14e30b584}{70}" paraid="1829059148" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">By Avery H., Grade 9</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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-webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22.6625px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 22.6625px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZQH2_g_zT_GQbHRdC5Zr1ohJpk5siswnYW4lD2Rg4RQz__5oRqiyVTQByVR6NfzprQlXYk8Cflb54A540dC7a-c0SDLYij7NitvajAWoP2v_G5iVOvMaBzLKQwSL3KomMKq_-op8xX1Hp_4zGdRhtlY-DccJwTIU7D2nztxTMX1EysYEIa9Bjs6dyDw/s2529/IMG_5407.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1873" data-original-width="2529" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZQH2_g_zT_GQbHRdC5Zr1ohJpk5siswnYW4lD2Rg4RQz__5oRqiyVTQByVR6NfzprQlXYk8Cflb54A540dC7a-c0SDLYij7NitvajAWoP2v_G5iVOvMaBzLKQwSL3KomMKq_-op8xX1Hp_4zGdRhtlY-DccJwTIU7D2nztxTMX1EysYEIa9Bjs6dyDw/w400-h296/IMG_5407.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork by Hailey T., Grade 9</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{e4fba2bb-b941-4bc4-83b2-43f14e30b584}{80}" paraid="1425938497" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 22.6625px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><br /></span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{e4fba2bb-b941-4bc4-83b2-43f14e30b584}{84}" paraid="311484400" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22.6625px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Instead of looking through a keyhole, find the key and open the door</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 22.6625px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{e4fba2bb-b941-4bc4-83b2-43f14e30b584}{90}" paraid="414080824" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22.6625px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 22.6625px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{e4fba2bb-b941-4bc4-83b2-43f14e30b584}{94}" paraid="320661251" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Something I learnt too late.</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{e4fba2bb-b941-4bc4-83b2-43f14e30b584}{100}" paraid="1793020494" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">My world came crashing down</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{e4fba2bb-b941-4bc4-83b2-43f14e30b584}{106}" paraid="230937858" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">My tim</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">bers of support have fallen</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{e4fba2bb-b941-4bc4-83b2-43f14e30b584}{114}" paraid="2144359568" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">In scarlet red flames and booming explosions</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{e4fba2bb-b941-4bc4-83b2-43f14e30b584}{120}" paraid="1141855289" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">And I kept looking for the perpetrator</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Holding the torch in their hand</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{e4fba2bb-b941-4bc4-83b2-43f14e30b584}{132}" paraid="1593622871" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">I spent so much time looking out,</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{e4fba2bb-b941-4bc4-83b2-43f14e30b584}{138}" paraid="1338382647" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">I didn’t stop and look down</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{e4fba2bb-b941-4bc4-83b2-43f14e30b584}{144}" paraid="475916639" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">To see the burnt-out match</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{e4fba2bb-b941-4bc4-83b2-43f14e30b584}{150}" paraid="1952855357" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Resting between my splintered fingers</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{e4fba2bb-b941-4bc4-83b2-43f14e30b584}{156}" paraid="1941007126" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">by Nia H., Grade 9</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{e4fba2bb-b941-4bc4-83b2-43f14e30b584}{166}" paraid="793743240" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{e4fba2bb-b941-4bc4-83b2-43f14e30b584}{166}" paraid="793743240" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><br /></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhutDsyyd8lAfkXvTRO2yaBLzJhu0lJIeySzrPPI-eouYdPJeVCnLfSnbX0pT5qXS3ThtNPsy-DjjwlD-khB_VO9M9zzOhA_uf70ZkuHCM1Yq_riZmymzAwl8PbeGs1AFWmBwfxyO7JZimMKVmVbwCQHQeMoNDocZoIG3bF324Ftx1cAjZCfv65IXcd3A/s2634/IMG_5408.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1896" data-original-width="2634" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhutDsyyd8lAfkXvTRO2yaBLzJhu0lJIeySzrPPI-eouYdPJeVCnLfSnbX0pT5qXS3ThtNPsy-DjjwlD-khB_VO9M9zzOhA_uf70ZkuHCM1Yq_riZmymzAwl8PbeGs1AFWmBwfxyO7JZimMKVmVbwCQHQeMoNDocZoIG3bF324Ftx1cAjZCfv65IXcd3A/w400-h288/IMG_5408.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork by Rory G., Grade 9</td></tr></tbody></table><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{e4fba2bb-b941-4bc4-83b2-43f14e30b584}{166}" paraid="793743240" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{e4fba2bb-b941-4bc4-83b2-43f14e30b584}{170}" paraid="1804195427" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{e4fba2bb-b941-4bc4-83b2-43f14e30b584}{174}" paraid="1858530924" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22.6625px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">These Are (Not and Never Will Be) My Words</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 22.6625px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{e4fba2bb-b941-4bc4-83b2-43f14e30b584}{180}" paraid="1093621927" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22.6625px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 22.6625px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{e4fba2bb-b941-4bc4-83b2-43f14e30b584}{184}" paraid="1236312829" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">False, false words are ones that constantly flow out of our mouths</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{e4fba2bb-b941-4bc4-83b2-43f14e30b584}{190}" paraid="598754961" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> False are the words I will say (Nobody know, except me.)</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{e4fba2bb-b941-4bc4-83b2-43f14e30b584}{196}" paraid="418516958" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> THE WORDS I SPEAK</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> ARE NOT WHAT I WANT TO SAY.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{e4fba2bb-b941-4bc4-83b2-43f14e30b584}{204}" paraid="530501271" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> DON’T MAKE ME SAY MY REAL FEELINGS,</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{e4fba2bb-b941-4bc4-83b2-43f14e30b584}{210}" paraid="1719945701" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> the mask I wear may crack, and fall to the ground in ashes</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{e4fba2bb-b941-4bc4-83b2-43f14e30b584}{216}" paraid="765810336" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> my composure may shatter as well as my happiness,</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{e4fba2bb-b941-4bc4-83b2-43f14e30b584}{222}" paraid="1894911825" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> LIFE IS NEVER FOREVER.</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{e4fba2bb-b941-4bc4-83b2-43f14e30b584}{228}" paraid="1340830269" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> WHY DID I BECOME ATTACHED</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{e4fba2bb-b941-4bc4-83b2-43f14e30b584}{234}" paraid="1676546477" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> STOP MY PAIN</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{e4fba2bb-b941-4bc4-83b2-43f14e30b584}{240}" paraid="916619557" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">HELP ME, I BEG</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{e4fba2bb-b941-4bc4-83b2-43f14e30b584}{246}" paraid="495308047" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> I AM ON MY KNEES</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{e4fba2bb-b941-4bc4-83b2-43f14e30b584}{252}" paraid="441141582" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> STOP MY PROBLEMS FROM LEAKING OUT</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{ae0c2434-516a-40c3-a729-1aa2f38fafc5}{3}" paraid="1417050689" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> my feelings are overflowing, they’re spilling</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{ae0c2434-516a-40c3-a729-1aa2f38fafc5}{9}" paraid="822250315" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> WHY WON’T IT STOP,</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{ae0c2434-516a-40c3-a729-1aa2f38fafc5}{15}" paraid="1649845367" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">MAKE IT STOP MAKE IT STOP MAKE IT STOP</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{ae0c2434-516a-40c3-a729-1aa2f38fafc5}{23}" paraid="238350675" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">please.</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{ae0c2434-516a-40c3-a729-1aa2f38fafc5}{29}" paraid="1470470642" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> help me.</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{ae0c2434-516a-40c3-a729-1aa2f38fafc5}{35}" paraid="717818079" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">stop it.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{ae0c2434-516a-40c3-a729-1aa2f38fafc5}{43}" paraid="605951534" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> YOU CAN’T HELP ME</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{ae0c2434-516a-40c3-a729-1aa2f38fafc5}{49}" paraid="1269557067" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> why am I so naïve. always so stupid. always so sad.</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{ae0c2434-516a-40c3-a729-1aa2f38fafc5}{55}" paraid="1463398241" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> CRYING SHOWS WEAKNESS, I AM WEAK.</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{ae0c2434-516a-40c3-a729-1aa2f38fafc5}{61}" paraid="1874168806" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">WHY AM I CRYING?</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{ae0c2434-516a-40c3-a729-1aa2f38fafc5}{67}" paraid="25080480" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> I substitute my words to cover my sorrow.</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{ae0c2434-516a-40c3-a729-1aa2f38fafc5}{73}" paraid="1908531092" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-image: var(--urlContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,PD94bWwgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4wIiBlbmNvZGluZz0iVVRGLTgiPz4KPHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iNXB4IiBoZWlnaHQ9IjNweCIgdmlld0JveD0iMCAwIDUgMyIgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4xIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHhtbG5zOnhsaW5rPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8xOTk5L3hsaW5rIj4KICAgIDwhLS0gR2VuZXJhdG9yOiBTa2V0Y2ggNTUuMiAoNzgxODEpIC0gaHR0cHM6Ly9za2V0Y2hhcHAuY29tIC0tPgogICAgPHRpdGxlPmdyYW1tYXJfZG91YmxlX2xpbmU8L3RpdGxlPgogICAgPGRlc2M+Q3JlYXRlZCB3aXRoIFNrZXRjaC48L2Rlc2M+CiAgICA8ZyBpZD0iZ3JhbW1hcl9kb3VibGVfbGluZSIgc3Ryb2tlPSJub25lIiBzdHJva2Utd2lkdGg9IjEiIGZpbGw9Im5vbmUiIGZpbGwtcnVsZT0iZXZlbm9kZCIgc3Ryb2tlLWxpbmVjYXA9InJvdW5kIj4KICAgICAgICA8ZyBpZD0iR3JhbW1hci1UaWxlLUNvcHkiIHN0cm9rZT0iIzMzNTVGRiI+CiAgICAgICAgICAgIDxwYXRoIGQ9Ik0wLDAuNSBMNSwwLjUiIGlkPSJMaW5lLTItQ29weS0xMCI+PC9wYXRoPgogICAgICAgICAgICA8cGF0aCBkPSJNMCwyLjUgTDUsMi41IiBpZD0iTGluZS0yLUNvcHktMTEiPjwvcGF0aD4KICAgICAgICA8L2c+CiAgICA8L2c+Cjwvc3ZnPg==")); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">so</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> I won’t break in front of everyone.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{ae0c2434-516a-40c3-a729-1aa2f38fafc5}{83}" paraid="12112648" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> why did you die? Why do I have to speak at your funeral?</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{ae0c2434-516a-40c3-a729-1aa2f38fafc5}{89}" paraid="145090238" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> I now need to pretend that the words are mine (they aren’t, and never will be).</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{ae0c2434-516a-40c3-a729-1aa2f38fafc5}{97}" paraid="654095418" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> why did you leave me, to say these words, as if I’m being graded</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{ae0c2434-516a-40c3-a729-1aa2f38fafc5}{103}" paraid="628015146" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> because you died.</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{ae0c2434-516a-40c3-a729-1aa2f38fafc5}{109}" paraid="336338105" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{ae0c2434-516a-40c3-a729-1aa2f38fafc5}{113}" paraid="447396231" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">by </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Ellana</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> K., Grade 7</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{ae0c2434-516a-40c3-a729-1aa2f38fafc5}{123}" paraid="78358590" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{ae0c2434-516a-40c3-a729-1aa2f38fafc5}{127}" paraid="1971398955" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqK7-BfVKC-akxXG5eDf6XiW6y8Cmj7iHsY9DEDC0LkUNrGhVFIZ2BZCmsrZ1FKVPj1znS2lVWe0RLZImJcWmNLYKN1hrlh097cso4c245uXTziAjc8MoRes2VmL11U6pfhLFGJwuxECa3j8uqChiLTIYm62TFgjzynJ2pKinV6g9x8Y2ecADmR_4nGQ/s3104/IMG_5409.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3104" data-original-width="2393" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqK7-BfVKC-akxXG5eDf6XiW6y8Cmj7iHsY9DEDC0LkUNrGhVFIZ2BZCmsrZ1FKVPj1znS2lVWe0RLZImJcWmNLYKN1hrlh097cso4c245uXTziAjc8MoRes2VmL11U6pfhLFGJwuxECa3j8uqChiLTIYm62TFgjzynJ2pKinV6g9x8Y2ecADmR_4nGQ/w309-h400/IMG_5409.jpg" width="309" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork by Amelia U., Grade 9</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{ae0c2434-516a-40c3-a729-1aa2f38fafc5}{127}" paraid="1971398955" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><br /></span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{ae0c2434-516a-40c3-a729-1aa2f38fafc5}{131}" paraid="77978870" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22.6625px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">A Quiet Moment</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 22.6625px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{ae0c2434-516a-40c3-a729-1aa2f38fafc5}{137}" paraid="1937424208" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22.6625px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 22.6625px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{ae0c2434-516a-40c3-a729-1aa2f38fafc5}{141}" paraid="1941202714" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">I love my purple life jacket.</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{ae0c2434-516a-40c3-a729-1aa2f38fafc5}{147}" paraid="181876636" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">The one from the back room.</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{ae0c2434-516a-40c3-a729-1aa2f38fafc5}{153}" paraid="57878670" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">It fits snuggly.</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{ae0c2434-516a-40c3-a729-1aa2f38fafc5}{159}" paraid="1515776145" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{ae0c2434-516a-40c3-a729-1aa2f38fafc5}{163}" paraid="1199856172" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">All new and different.</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{ae0c2434-516a-40c3-a729-1aa2f38fafc5}{169}" paraid="400601063" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Things I’ve never done before.</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{ae0c2434-516a-40c3-a729-1aa2f38fafc5}{175}" paraid="1903646891" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Helpful hand guides me.</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{ae0c2434-516a-40c3-a729-1aa2f38fafc5}{181}" paraid="769122960" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{ae0c2434-516a-40c3-a729-1aa2f38fafc5}{185}" paraid="266625439" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Lucky hat for success,</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{ae0c2434-516a-40c3-a729-1aa2f38fafc5}{191}" paraid="1233013598" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">fresh bait on the hook.</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{ae0c2434-516a-40c3-a729-1aa2f38fafc5}{197}" paraid="2009719220" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">He casts, I watch.</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{ae0c2434-516a-40c3-a729-1aa2f38fafc5}{203}" paraid="1228446015" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{ae0c2434-516a-40c3-a729-1aa2f38fafc5}{207}" paraid="824427230" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">How wonderful he </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">is;</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{ae0c2434-516a-40c3-a729-1aa2f38fafc5}{215}" paraid="296638268" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Gentle heart, strong mind.</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{ae0c2434-516a-40c3-a729-1aa2f38fafc5}{221}" paraid="1514716022" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Love is a word I use to describe.</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{ae0c2434-516a-40c3-a729-1aa2f38fafc5}{227}" paraid="1778847674" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{ae0c2434-516a-40c3-a729-1aa2f38fafc5}{231}" paraid="735633372" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">He casts over his shoulde</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">r</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{ae0c2434-516a-40c3-a729-1aa2f38fafc5}{239}" paraid="1500671964" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Standing tall, soft as a bear.</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{ae0c2434-516a-40c3-a729-1aa2f38fafc5}{245}" paraid="1674736386" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">He hands me the rod.</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{ae0c2434-516a-40c3-a729-1aa2f38fafc5}{251}" paraid="863177575" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{ae0c2434-516a-40c3-a729-1aa2f38fafc5}{255}" paraid="803931662" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">We watch and wait.</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{47f90c06-3670-4f1d-ad4e-b3c08d900c79}{6}" paraid="187536078" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">A moment so simple,</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{47f90c06-3670-4f1d-ad4e-b3c08d900c79}{12}" paraid="1521312007" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">yet ever so special.</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{47f90c06-3670-4f1d-ad4e-b3c08d900c79}{18}" paraid="852964897" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{47f90c06-3670-4f1d-ad4e-b3c08d900c79}{22}" paraid="704764337" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">It’s not when,</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{47f90c06-3670-4f1d-ad4e-b3c08d900c79}{28}" paraid="1028824258" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">or how, or where,</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{47f90c06-3670-4f1d-ad4e-b3c08d900c79}{34}" paraid="1690047575" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">but who.</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{47f90c06-3670-4f1d-ad4e-b3c08d900c79}{40}" paraid="1325100601" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{47f90c06-3670-4f1d-ad4e-b3c08d900c79}{44}" paraid="1458244771" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Thank you, Grandpa.</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{47f90c06-3670-4f1d-ad4e-b3c08d900c79}{50}" paraid="685988863" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200784336 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW200784336 BCX8" paraeid="{47f90c06-3670-4f1d-ad4e-b3c08d900c79}{54}" paraid="729248821" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">by Julia N., Grade 9</span><span class="EOP SCXW200784336 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508249632564685212.post-311391895246451562022-12-28T10:55:00.001-08:002023-01-10T11:52:35.980-08:00In a Deep and Dark December<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Sometimes Simon and Garfunkel say it best: "A winter's day/in a deep and dark December." Our editors and writers went a little dark this time . . . but sometimes in the darkest time of the year, we just need to embrace the sense of hibernation it demands. We hope you enjoy our offerings this month!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><i>Pluviophile</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">“Pluviophile”
I whisper up to the sky,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A
word that defines me, and I’ll tell you why.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">One
who finds comfort in warm summer showers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The
quiet <i>pitter patter </i>on windows of ours<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">When
the sun hides away<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">and
the sky turns gray<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">When
the clouds start to cry <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A
tear falls from my eye<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It
falls into the puddle, under my shoes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Filled
with grief and behavior I constantly excuse <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">“I’ll
give them one last chance,” I told my best friend<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But
we both knew it would not be the end.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Just
like how the rain would never stop falling<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I’m
following a voice that won’t ever stop calling.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">For
the voice knows the hold it has over me,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I
fear from that voice I will never be free.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But
I will continue following your voice<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Knowing
I wouldn’t ever be your first choice.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I’ll
keep trying to change you, I’ll be kind to you too<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Because
all I’ve ever wanted was to be a pluviophile with you. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">by Anya A., Grade 9</span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcdGgVV73QQjmWNgZnRdBVagrNTt933h0oR0Tan-SgOEzIR_HmV4bgfwEExmdlrFVyy7kIvfGmgdwjrPO2q92-gNleS_rWEm33HnEvXMM17xCOHOewgvIGPYymEuz8jC5E6sxsNBT5ySYtk7lvxaTkSyhtBchNsmCSa5CvX_d-dvYDG0CS-34AcF0qbg/s512/mackenzie%204.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="512" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcdGgVV73QQjmWNgZnRdBVagrNTt933h0oR0Tan-SgOEzIR_HmV4bgfwEExmdlrFVyy7kIvfGmgdwjrPO2q92-gNleS_rWEm33HnEvXMM17xCOHOewgvIGPYymEuz8jC5E6sxsNBT5ySYtk7lvxaTkSyhtBchNsmCSa5CvX_d-dvYDG0CS-34AcF0qbg/s320/mackenzie%204.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork by Mackenzie J., Grade 8</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #1fa766;">World</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #1fa766;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Why is it so loud
in here, it’s not supposed to be loud…<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #1fa766;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #1fa766;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Many people talking, screaming, no not screaming shouting loud loud
loud, Door wide open<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #1fa766;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
Hospital Lights <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #1fa766;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hospital Smell<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #1fa766;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Tap tap taping pencil…feet….homework…oh god homework<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #1fa766;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
Why would someone push it off so much<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #1fa766;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> I would push
it off so much<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #1fa766;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">So much<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #1fa766;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">So much<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #1fa766;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
Green cabinets The Smell Of
Rain<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #1fa766;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #1fa766;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">LOUD CRACK BANG and RUMBLE RUMBLE <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #1fa766;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Hot
hot face can’t breath, hot tears
hot face… run…get out…why<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #1fa766;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> No, this was
supposed to happen always supposed to happen <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;">
</p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #1fa766;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> BANG CRACK
RUMBLE<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #1fa766;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #1fa766;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">by Rowan F., Grade 8</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-D2r9E68ok8V4BSysgUcMjzPAi0qgPdpKKEO8lkED9XRNjK7-rRrbAFChGne_l1k_L87XxqxdvOUPuXpOXaBMq74qBQc5E-yEagIhQG0lA8fG3zp4Zs2IwhQvwU1340qBlMW2w1G32BXxHb3tJu3LPNAi5xSuI3tXTxDujkWdnYFqB-YrK7UJO4lYAA/s3721/richard%20wan%20sword.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3721" data-original-width="2630" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-D2r9E68ok8V4BSysgUcMjzPAi0qgPdpKKEO8lkED9XRNjK7-rRrbAFChGne_l1k_L87XxqxdvOUPuXpOXaBMq74qBQc5E-yEagIhQG0lA8fG3zp4Zs2IwhQvwU1340qBlMW2w1G32BXxHb3tJu3LPNAi5xSuI3tXTxDujkWdnYFqB-YrK7UJO4lYAA/w283-h400/richard%20wan%20sword.jpeg" width="283" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork by Richard W., Grade 8</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><i>easy</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">We
don’t need you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> little
dog.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hence,
I can serve the usual suspects.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I’m
as mad as you remember.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Kiss
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">another
fine mess.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Just<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">another
fine mess.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Every
special moment was a <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> d i s c o n t e n t d
r e a
m .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The
truth, <i>if</i> tranquil, would suffer like family…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Frankly,
my dear, ask yourself who is between<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Grace and give,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Wicked
& <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Wither.<o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">by Anya A. and Avery H. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">(A poem began with magnetic poetry)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJO39zfYPdsVDHcStJ4aVc5XAr1dNsyEgrDY509fIBdQI4RKz2sBl-8qjC5QrmPyRufu1LiY6x6rZ3uxhwTalzLNg4bPuqlqkVKpiPQyX_VJPyMvUr76tZOt6qKyE4gowtf7yoElhBv1YsQJBr3eUY5ICrZQ6433Eyhf5LHY57eodDCRMEBsTl7XPECQ/s3988/richard%20wan%20bird.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3988" data-original-width="2453" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJO39zfYPdsVDHcStJ4aVc5XAr1dNsyEgrDY509fIBdQI4RKz2sBl-8qjC5QrmPyRufu1LiY6x6rZ3uxhwTalzLNg4bPuqlqkVKpiPQyX_VJPyMvUr76tZOt6qKyE4gowtf7yoElhBv1YsQJBr3eUY5ICrZQ6433Eyhf5LHY57eodDCRMEBsTl7XPECQ/w246-h400/richard%20wan%20bird.jpeg" width="246" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork by Richard W., Grade 8</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508249632564685212.post-33942256764985365382022-11-11T06:42:00.003-08:002022-11-11T06:42:57.042-08:00Treasures<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Our editors have decided to feature one of our talented poets and artists exclusively this month. Mackenzie J. is a ninth-grader here at Holicong, and we hope you enjoy this spotlight post. Like an exhibit in an art museum, it gives a broad overview of her body of work. </span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ignorance</span></span></b><span style="color: #3a3838;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #767676;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #3a3838;">Those Little Things Left Behind</span></b><span style="color: #3a3838;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The memorabilia of a life once lived<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Forgotten now, scored and scarred<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #3a3838;">An Averagely Abnormal Day</span></b><span style="color: #3a3838;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Catch glimpses of untruthful things<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The shadows in the alley<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #3a3838;">Promise Me</span></b><span style="color: #3a3838;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">You're here to stay<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Don't let him take you away<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #3a3838;">One for Sorrow, Two for Joy</span></b><span style="color: #3a3838;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The face of a friend<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And a smiling spider<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #3a3838;">Homeward Bound</span></b><span style="color: #3a3838;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Round up the bodies<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Rumbling wagon down the road<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #3a3838;">Teasing, Laughter, and a Sense of Unease</span></b><span style="color: #3a3838;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The setting sun that graces red faces<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And the monster cloaked in blindfold and smile<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #3a3838;">The Absentee God</span></b><span style="color: #3a3838;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Fearful of the world she raised<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Now hidden from the mistakes she's made<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #3a3838;">Empty Pages</span></b><span style="color: #3a3838;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Old and slashed by fragmented glass<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Like the tracks left in the lost nightmare field<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #3a3838;">For Your Own Good</span></b><span style="color: #3a3838;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">He'll always insist<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">So twist your grimace into a grin<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #3a3838;">Memory Lane</span></b><span style="color: #3a3838;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">For a faceless friend<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">For a recollection curdled sweet<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #3a3838;">The Fear Effect</span></b><span style="color: #3a3838;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The sweeping plague of paranoia<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Oh, the things it makes us do<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #3a3838;">Bloody Steeples</span></b><span style="color: #3a3838;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Gifted help you never wanted<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">While your shadow cries against stained glass windows<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #3a3838;">Ignorance Aflame</span></b><span style="color: #3a3838;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Like scorched paper in a lit hearth<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">"You'll never miss it", the monster promises<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #3a3838;">Small-Town Politics</span></b><span style="color: #3a3838;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A wordless stare<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A last hope snatched<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #3a3838;">You Don't Exist</span></b><span style="color: #3a3838;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Just a wraith of what you used to be<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Even if you can't recall<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #3a3838;">The Lion's Head Door Knockers</span></b><span style="color: #3a3838;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Silent sentinels of once-quiet library<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Split by shouting of once-close friends<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #3a3838;">The Presence of Loneliness</span></b><span style="color: #3a3838;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A bleak repetition of mornings past<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Amidst contemptuous ghosts and guardian shadows<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #3a3838;">Curiosity Killed the Cat</span></b><span style="color: #3a3838;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Stuck in a cycle, tricked by lies<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Trace the footsteps you forgot you left<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #3a3838;">Wishing on Grounded Stars</span></b><span style="color: #3a3838;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Cast yourself before ever-watchful eyes<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Search for that monster, your brother's epitaph<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #3a3838;">A Step in the Wrong Direction</span></b><span style="color: #3a3838;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">To grasp the hand of that silk-woven man<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">They never did see how you tried to tear free<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #3a3838;">When Push Comes to Shove</span></b><span style="color: #3a3838;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Run away runaway, shadow touched child<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">"Don't trust him", it whispered, so why wouldn't you
listen?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">"Ignorance is bliss, after all."<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjARwu3AqTFN5rBvqz5wubeQH_d-iZeXGPjdnxgQhWCTDel9vxiKL-pQl-l2naJhVKd1DdhuNogcL0WO1XkhIB9PMlcd5eAJbzMCIrBNA39oEeTTh2CazZA48QoqmhImeCBPykqioRUP0k29TuA6m17pFpnIjfYf_q_0rY0AfvQRroR05bjWFACRKF1Ug/s1150/Mackenzie%203.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="1150" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjARwu3AqTFN5rBvqz5wubeQH_d-iZeXGPjdnxgQhWCTDel9vxiKL-pQl-l2naJhVKd1DdhuNogcL0WO1XkhIB9PMlcd5eAJbzMCIrBNA39oEeTTh2CazZA48QoqmhImeCBPykqioRUP0k29TuA6m17pFpnIjfYf_q_0rY0AfvQRroR05bjWFACRKF1Ug/w400-h400/Mackenzie%203.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The
Ashes of a Burning Heart</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #767676;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">How does it feel, my dear<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">To lose the best thing that ever
happened to you?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">To have that spark in your chest
go out<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Like the mirror's cracking glass<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">To have what once shone<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Go dark and dull<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Lost where it can’t be saved<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Yes, your mind still thinks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But does your heart still beat?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Or have you left it in the ashes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Where his fire once roared?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX66yZVxzd8OL67JFkub2yEVKsGU2cmaDNQaqUXb_KlF26d4K4_qANqeZ0yQRYQg8MfkiTE2b4P2PIfgjG41pCbkN35snSVaUroElN5xwQxQ9wwOJsTgvWnyzWNOy566njNW8C8t83lnGEfzS2YytZYNxCmXyafvilmhrndP58Jh31E-n7ylrjdQzCng/s1280/Mackenzie%202.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX66yZVxzd8OL67JFkub2yEVKsGU2cmaDNQaqUXb_KlF26d4K4_qANqeZ0yQRYQg8MfkiTE2b4P2PIfgjG41pCbkN35snSVaUroElN5xwQxQ9wwOJsTgvWnyzWNOy566njNW8C8t83lnGEfzS2YytZYNxCmXyafvilmhrndP58Jh31E-n7ylrjdQzCng/w400-h225/Mackenzie%202.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /> </span><p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Oh, Dear Lover of Crows</b></span></span><span style="color: #3a3838;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I have heard people whisper<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">That if the crows love you<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">They will always lead you home<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">So every time I saw one<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Perched outside my door<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sleek and black and ever watchful<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">With those far too intelligent eyes<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I would leave a piece of bread<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In the hopes they would love me<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Enough to guide me back<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">No matter how far I wandered<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But I do not know yet<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">If they love me enough to bring me
home<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">For I have not yet left<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And maybe never will<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm_0XuZwi_rmN-L8uk9FYBpZE6naULDCIuQa3MYHjSH2trdzdNJrVkZXQ5CeU55q4th2vSScc8PZAPG45ZGmDM3Kd-MxyIM4fUvDH1-HQKNkWBZHcnT-6N4U9A5FqPbC649pU5Y7X9TD_vOu5TWoo7FYpTEcz2YPvgwQyw_AEIQ0GHYbuvoGfZGTVkAA/s512/Closed%20Eye,%20Hoping%20for%20a%20Better%20Life.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="512" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm_0XuZwi_rmN-L8uk9FYBpZE6naULDCIuQa3MYHjSH2trdzdNJrVkZXQ5CeU55q4th2vSScc8PZAPG45ZGmDM3Kd-MxyIM4fUvDH1-HQKNkWBZHcnT-6N4U9A5FqPbC649pU5Y7X9TD_vOu5TWoo7FYpTEcz2YPvgwQyw_AEIQ0GHYbuvoGfZGTVkAA/w400-h225/Closed%20Eye,%20Hoping%20for%20a%20Better%20Life.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-size: medium;">An Old Story</span></span><span style="color: #3a3838;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Someone always has to leave first<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #3a3838;">This is a very old story</span></b><span style="color: #3a3838;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I loved you<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #3a3838;">There is no other</span></b><span style="color: #3a3838;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And you left<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #3a3838;">Version of this tale</span></b><span style="color: #3a3838;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The ending will be the same as the
beginning:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Soft<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #3a3838;">And sad</span></b><span style="color: #3a3838;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #3a3838;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And blurry around the edges</span><span style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook", serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508249632564685212.post-67086293516932077302022-10-13T15:41:00.002-07:002022-10-14T12:13:06.964-07:00The Return<p> We are back for a new year with some editors from last year, some new editors, and lots of new ideas to make this year's magazine posts grand! Enjoy our opening pieces for the year, and look for a few more soon. In the meantime, join us at the annual Holicong Coffeehouse, the evening of November 4th to hear Holicong students perform their own music and poetry. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Exercises for an Artist </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">(after Tanya Shadrick, after Wendell Berry)</span></p><p></p><p align="center" class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="normaltextrun">Stare at the beauty</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="paragraph" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; margin: 0in; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span data-contrast="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Analyze the meaning, the story</span></span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="paragraph" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; margin: 0in; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span data-contrast="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Pick up your pencil, pen, paper</span></span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="paragraph" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; margin: 0in; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span data-contrast="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Let your hand flow lightly</span></span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="paragraph" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; margin: 0in; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span data-contrast="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">A small moth flapping its
wings and gliding in the air</span></span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="paragraph" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; margin: 0in; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span data-contrast="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Ask: are you happy with it?</span></span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="paragraph" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; margin: 0in; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span data-contrast="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">If not, change it, recreate
it, take flight again</span></span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="paragraph" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; margin: 0in; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span data-contrast="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Strike your pen down like
lightning</span></span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="normaltextrun">Give life to your art.</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span></span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"><br /></span></span></span></p><p align="center" class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop">by Nia H., Grade 9</span></span></span></p><p align="center" class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"><br /></span></span></span></p><p align="center" class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"><br /></span></span></span></p><p align="center" class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA2kM9dlZuMS2MrGUmZ6t-U6VvrznGppemaY47rWL65FZwMNOlAdVWOK_xw8KETeos3jKvP8b9HTlk6KrO7X4e9gEPXBlXEDMGdpXb8n2ecJ0ZwWd01g0hNo2zp6RzGx-mwk0Zd53NdyEGEPlwZ9wyNF05ncw_BxRIZlZwjeXztFw1LQlFN83OWEfzUQ/s1150/fail%20photo.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="871" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA2kM9dlZuMS2MrGUmZ6t-U6VvrznGppemaY47rWL65FZwMNOlAdVWOK_xw8KETeos3jKvP8b9HTlk6KrO7X4e9gEPXBlXEDMGdpXb8n2ecJ0ZwWd01g0hNo2zp6RzGx-mwk0Zd53NdyEGEPlwZ9wyNF05ncw_BxRIZlZwjeXztFw1LQlFN83OWEfzUQ/w303-h400/fail%20photo.jpeg" width="303" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork by Mackenzie J., Grade 9<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Today I Saw a Deer</span></span></div><p></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Today
I saw a deer,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><div>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Munching
on some grass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Wrapped
in a golden blanket of sunshine,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Showered
in warmth.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Still,
he seemed lonely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sitting
on that hill alone.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I
brought him a friend,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A
small puppy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The
puppy was as dark as the mud beneath the grass,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">His
fur as soft as a bird's feathers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">His
goofy smile stretching for miles,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">As
he lopes around the grassy hill.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">They
have fun, those two.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Maybe
they understand each other?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Maybe
they never really had a barrier between them at all<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Because
of their love for the sun.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">When
the deer grows old, he can no longer dance with the dog;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Maybe
he doesn't want to.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But
the dog stays loyal, old as well,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And
stays by his side.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But then the deer found the one he holds close, </span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And he no longer wants to be with the dog.</span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Though the dog indeed was his best friend,</span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Their dancing was already out of sync. </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Today
I saw a baby boy,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sucking
on his finger.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Wrapped
tightly in cotton blankets,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Showered
in hugs and kisses.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Still,
he seemed lonely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sitting
in that cradle alone.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I
brought him a friend,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">One
he would remember, long into his life.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A
small, stuffed puppy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">by Richard W., Grade 8</span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></p></div><p align="center" class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4sPmgpvyPuJluXF0xoDKF0hK_izZteBONbXbJ29dG-vg3S2Tp5FV3fjf2FH5Kf_hWz8BBv07BbQO94JBbQ60TAKV849MnXXUhH8mdkCIg8X1EiuuDIGcxZzvrxioU-ELvC6mTlOW05JIFvh2QKLmNPaEKHYHARwtYBrAEZQlDqTi1VLccLoV91XkDIg/s1440/stuffed%20animal%20pic.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4sPmgpvyPuJluXF0xoDKF0hK_izZteBONbXbJ29dG-vg3S2Tp5FV3fjf2FH5Kf_hWz8BBv07BbQO94JBbQ60TAKV849MnXXUhH8mdkCIg8X1EiuuDIGcxZzvrxioU-ELvC6mTlOW05JIFvh2QKLmNPaEKHYHARwtYBrAEZQlDqTi1VLccLoV91XkDIg/w400-h400/stuffed%20animal%20pic.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork by Julia N., Grade 9</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">My Off-White Sweater</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">That long-lasting embrace of soft polyester</span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My
only lover, my off-white sweater<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A
shield from the cold, the chill, the wind <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A
shield from the sorrow, and all I’ve sinned.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It
holds my strengths and happiness within, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">weaved
through the stitches, weaved into my skin.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">For
the so-called sweater, not sweater at all<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But
a layer of protection, with it’s help I wont fall. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My
sweater holds me when no one else will,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The
holes in my heart, my sweater will fill. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The
soft polyester will be there forever, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My
only lover, my off-white sweater.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">by Anya A., Grade 9</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfHO9TZ210t2UX5AjTtfHgDpuT2_B6CBSopwSBo1GomJEd2m5id0mCjqiNti9qLNvPK_9f2CPxnc59wOnPQeNX-IUlL_QdW3jeq6Zi91yuO6TfYB-E65kc1nycpKgKw8im7iVS7HQjlGBYCpFnOHrvbtNPt6OOhk_0M0NeovDzzklgibH17_slVTWE4g/s3216/teabag.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3216" data-original-width="2105" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfHO9TZ210t2UX5AjTtfHgDpuT2_B6CBSopwSBo1GomJEd2m5id0mCjqiNti9qLNvPK_9f2CPxnc59wOnPQeNX-IUlL_QdW3jeq6Zi91yuO6TfYB-E65kc1nycpKgKw8im7iVS7HQjlGBYCpFnOHrvbtNPt6OOhk_0M0NeovDzzklgibH17_slVTWE4g/w261-h400/teabag.jpeg" width="261" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork by Richard W., Grade 8</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p align="center" class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Finding
Old Comforts In A Fresh Start</i></span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Stop
and look around.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Take:
1, Scene: 1, Episode: 1, Season: 1.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I
swear, I’ve seen you before.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In
another life.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Welcome
back, I missed those eyes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
</p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My
Hiraeth.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">by Jaime P., Grade 9</span></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508249632564685212.post-74327217332565704642022-06-08T18:47:00.002-07:002022-06-08T18:47:10.701-07:00Endnotes<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> For
some of us, it's an ending. As the school year comes to a close we say goodbye
to our friends. We clean out our lockers and wish our teachers farewell. We
shed a tear as we leave the building, realizing that all of our memories are in
the past. What we've known for so long is now gone. For some of us, its an
ending.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">For
some of us, it’s a beginning. We seek the newly freed time to relax and clear
our minds. We spend time with our family, and relatives we haven't seen in
months. We explore new hobbies and passions and take the time to learn more
about the things we love. For some of us it’s a beginning.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Whether
it’s a beginning or end, we will still cherish all of the memories we've made
here. We edited papers and gave good feed back, but we also laughed. We had an
amazing time together and also had an amazing time sharing our best pieces with
you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This
month's post includes little snippets, fragments of writing, from most of our
authors here at <i>Sevenatenine</i> Literary Magazine to conclude this years
magazine. We hope you’ve enjoyed the pieces from this year and we hope you
enjoy these!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Come
visit us next year to see some more amazing work from your favorite writers and
artists, and to hopefully see pieces from our new students next year!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">From
everyone here at <i>Sevenatenine</i> Literary Magazine, we wish you an amazing
summer!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">by Julia N., Grade 8</span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhROyGtoLm9tXXm04Ig4lmBp1TyYmkGo0Brmo24PVAsR7EBWecvB6RcMS3bLyIIT2qpmfsLpQGgQ8y5um4m3Zu1u_9qMIYG1bXhacz2TTp0qfU1w4Zi9vaOnomCqa_aVCWLUPuwYkg1PjBkI8m49GHg-MlbfRZkbOaPCDWFiRcnPVnCS2ZLsN1vsDgltg/s3539/aaaaa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3539" data-original-width="2621" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhROyGtoLm9tXXm04Ig4lmBp1TyYmkGo0Brmo24PVAsR7EBWecvB6RcMS3bLyIIT2qpmfsLpQGgQ8y5um4m3Zu1u_9qMIYG1bXhacz2TTp0qfU1w4Zi9vaOnomCqa_aVCWLUPuwYkg1PjBkI8m49GHg-MlbfRZkbOaPCDWFiRcnPVnCS2ZLsN1vsDgltg/w296-h400/aaaaa.jpg" width="296" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork by Dylan H., Grade 9</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">For I thought myself a hero,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And so it seems did he<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But fairytales are pretty lies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And so it seems are we<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">by Mackenzie J., Grade 7<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A fish in the sky,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Swimming in the expansive black,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It likes to relish the view of distant planets<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And rest in a bed of stars.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">by Richard W., Grade 7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">She takes a step back<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Then two<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Then she walks away, like I should have done<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I shouldn’t have said that.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">by Sophia L., Grade 7<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Supine and stare at the open sky.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Wonder over the field in which It all began.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">When the cicada grasshoppers jigged out their countryside
rigadoon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The fruit fly squirmed,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">As if it was laughing too.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">When you marry the daisies,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">You marry for raw tenderness. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And always smile when you can. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">by Jaime P., Grade 8<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">So long<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The city awakens<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">To sow and reap<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Again<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">by Jack D., grade 8<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I’d laugh with them, cry with them, go through it all
with them, fight for them, fight with them. If those people ever needed me, I
will be there less then a mile away, by their side. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">by Beck M., Grade 9.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508249632564685212.post-31620894328525151282022-05-31T13:43:00.004-07:002022-05-31T13:43:45.975-07:00The Penultimate Post<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Well, the year is not quite over yet. Look out, world: two posts are coming your way from Sevenatenine in rapid succession. Here is the first, and our second-to-last (or penultimate) of the year. We hope you find it wonderful.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Vertigo</span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I
retrace my steps, I try to explain<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">why
the ground feels so hollow, why my head drips with pain<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">hope
in my eyes, I stare to the sun<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">drifting
away, in delirium<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">vertigo,
oblivion<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm
spinning away<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">rows
of houses, endless people;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">they
rob me of meaning<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">i
can feel their hands<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">suffocating
me<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">such
a random, useless destiny<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm
trying to learn to let go<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">but
your words burn like scars<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">your
sympathy lost in undertow<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I
swallow my heart<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">the
world is still on the outside<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">your
words are soft<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">the
wind is soothing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">but
my mind is screaming<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">and
while the surface shines, the inside rots<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">stuck
somewhere between hope and apathy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">stuck
somewhere between my mind and reality<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">vertigo,
oblivion<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm
drifting away<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">chaos
surrounds me, whirling<o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
</p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">next
time, I won't throw it all away</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p>by Liam R., Grade 9</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiApyMjjrPLPs_4gT53C6ISrx2bBG0HwOJpZ8yT5--NSH2rmfrj7xi49R9hex5ksFoaPZ_SsoQpUHW2F4GNGTHLrMq4vMjmbo9JS0pTeT4X23j-gBC-cQ8P65hIzjkN_SKCSS84h4-_-aRGietvW78D9EYsHHFkvLMO0XhSnxcPRHnY2OtrbifFip5Log/s1150/May%203%20MJ.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="1150" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiApyMjjrPLPs_4gT53C6ISrx2bBG0HwOJpZ8yT5--NSH2rmfrj7xi49R9hex5ksFoaPZ_SsoQpUHW2F4GNGTHLrMq4vMjmbo9JS0pTeT4X23j-gBC-cQ8P65hIzjkN_SKCSS84h4-_-aRGietvW78D9EYsHHFkvLMO0XhSnxcPRHnY2OtrbifFip5Log/s320/May%203%20MJ.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork by Mackenzie J., Grade 7</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Best Friend</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The
poison in my veins<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The
sunshine in my day<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The right
amount of fun<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">To melt
the cold away<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The one
that somehow plagues me<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But heals
my wounded soul<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My
bestest friend ever<o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
</p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">That
opens my heart of coal</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">by Ava C., Grade 7</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh18kI-Ls819UlGiR0qeNgwO72eXR-U1svE4C4LAwc1E_46mdlINV0hYK-eAada9jv-ItrUif5okTF-CHhXZBPz0wrHQTNcLEVDtLgj9iRa_sgrLqu_oGXKVbKimJm962EFYBK4R-UR6yrOAjkLYznfwr8g71L5J0O4BK05JXuO3eqlv4bx6GaYcWp5mQ/s1150/May%201%20MJ.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="1150" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh18kI-Ls819UlGiR0qeNgwO72eXR-U1svE4C4LAwc1E_46mdlINV0hYK-eAada9jv-ItrUif5okTF-CHhXZBPz0wrHQTNcLEVDtLgj9iRa_sgrLqu_oGXKVbKimJm962EFYBK4R-UR6yrOAjkLYznfwr8g71L5J0O4BK05JXuO3eqlv4bx6GaYcWp5mQ/w400-h400/May%201%20MJ.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork by Mackenzie J., Grade 7</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Six Cents</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background: white;">The troubadour
watches from afar</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background: white;">Define my abyss:</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background: white;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background: white;">A walking duplex
stutters</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background: white;">Beautiful
dreams </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background: white;">With a limp in his
head</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background: white;">Looped and bound</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background: white;">By a stagnant
complex</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background: white;">You got six cents
where all cars go?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background: white;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background: white;">Nothing’s ever
really wrong</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background: white;">When a song ends in
a minor key</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
</p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background: white;">And so I come to
isolation</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">by Jack D., Grade 9</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="background: white;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhwEYuCxF0QvmF4ybQdzCQ1Q0mSujDqEHl_Dw_X2Bf3fIvfDxJIuNDj-UCmdqMWteVc53CBAQoN-gtVNcoKxIYKL50Msaxw7Xh-3r-p0z3LDbJ2uMcuuv1doG7c4vIaTEPFKK0cNIou7MJNrcdYBgENTJHcs0yaD8RkGaIwm2s9YHK2-JKtcd5GpIcqA/s1600/May%202%20MJ.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="988" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhwEYuCxF0QvmF4ybQdzCQ1Q0mSujDqEHl_Dw_X2Bf3fIvfDxJIuNDj-UCmdqMWteVc53CBAQoN-gtVNcoKxIYKL50Msaxw7Xh-3r-p0z3LDbJ2uMcuuv1doG7c4vIaTEPFKK0cNIou7MJNrcdYBgENTJHcs0yaD8RkGaIwm2s9YHK2-JKtcd5GpIcqA/w248-h400/May%202%20MJ.png" width="248" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork by Mackenzie J., Grade 7</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">Regretful Fire</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">She shouts,</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">I shout back. </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">We're dancing with burning coals. </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">My mouth spins</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">and twists my emotions:</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">shock lines her face. </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">I respond with flames. </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">I don't realize it now, </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">but I am filled with regret. </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">We go our separate ways, quietly. </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">No words traverse our burning bridge. </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">She returns with hot anger. </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">It burns, it stings, and she doesn't relent. </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">It hurts me as much as it frustrates me. </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">Because deep down, I know she's right. </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">by Richard W., Grade 7</span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508249632564685212.post-71488398178024070102022-04-27T05:22:00.000-07:002022-04-27T05:22:06.943-07:00The Cruelest (and Kindest) Month<p> <span style="font-family: georgia;">T. S. Elliot once wrote, "April is the cruelest month," and this April, with it's wild dips back into winter, may seem like one of those months. Then again, it has been a time for writers -- like the daffodils and crabapple trees -- to blossom. National Poetry Month draws students around the country to more poetry, and we have an ample supply from our own Holicong writers here for you today. So to poets, the month is also a kind one. We hope it has been kind to you. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Where the Tulip Grows</span></p><p></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Where
the tulip grows,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The
lush green ground that whispers wispy affirmations.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A
tickle on the petals as they shall bend-- <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Shall
whisper into the tiny ears of the tulip,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A
mellifluous sing-song song as the hummingbird hums by.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Where
the tulip lives,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Under
a bosom, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A
beating heart drumming on and on.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A
stem being thrown about to and fro.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Roots
slowly churning upwards from the ground,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sheltered
comfort slightly pried away.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Tis’
but the wind my friend.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I’m
deathly, deathly sure.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Where
the tulip perceives,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Eyes
watching so fondly.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But,
roots are still tugging,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And
now the stem is being lashed around<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In
a tight grasp.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My
friend,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">'Tisn’t
the wind.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm
affrightedly sure.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Where
the tulip grows,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In
this bleakly battered and hellish place.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Trampled
into hiraeth for the untainted meadow of moon.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Trapped
in an illicit daydream.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Where
the tulip dries, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Crumble
to crumble.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Indeed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Society
kills.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><br /><p></p><p>by Jaime P., Grade 8</p><p><br /></p><p>Old Sir Gone No More</p><p></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And
the fireworks caterwauled as airplanes flew over a sea veiled by the infinite
night<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Stood
barefoot in the sand<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Heavy
heart, flamboyant dance<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Father
clutching shoulder in ill-fated doom; stale breath, cold stance<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">You
are going to be so tall, in all emotional vacancy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Where
did he helm when you needed it<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Where
was your heart, never wrote, when Eeileen found beauty in the caterpillar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">If
only he recognized his vulnerability<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">By
the door he spoke to me with intoxicated jest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">You
are going to be so tall, atrocity exhibition<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Lost
without a trace of a way to get out of this misery<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">As
long as ropes unravel, the fondest farewell will travel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But
will prevail at water's edge<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Milking
stones<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Nothing
left to hold on to but his own pride<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">New
found solace<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">As
I run out of El Segundo, out of the Great Laugh of Mankind<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Out
of veneered palm trees<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Wending
westward wept the eye of a needle, spewing idyllic treacheries<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I
tried my best, I tried in vein<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But
lo and behold, Eeileen's in a drunken runt, that sunken shunt<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Empathy
departed, devoid of her ardery, our quasi-cavalry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I
tried my best, I tried in vain<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But
my knees caved in<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Atrophy
gliding the sun's whisper<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Beaming
down rays of hope, sundry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Figure
forms above the grains, tips of tool kissing the sand<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Trudging
a negating lullaby, where the mountains once penetrated the ground<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Pondering
grouse drums, edicting the flies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Asunder
came flocks of edifice<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Perforating
the crevices of the Earth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A
great laugh cradles the sky<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Above
the conjugated buzzing, atop the roof where the burgeoning, burdening antenna
sits<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Scraping
sky, some steel shaft<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Seven
suns sonder, Sisyphus settled<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The
hummingbird pantomimes <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And
I miss the precious heart of the Wild Cosmia; oh no, now I'm grieving<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Left
wondering how many times will I die up here<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">On
the mountain's coil<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My
boulder, all exeunt!<o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">by Jack D., Grade 8</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzx9UknRpUWvMtteboP3LPIHFqeXRHOzmU91oosEgmCxh3UO_vAEZHhEjxaxSbCaodGF_2FBlhgsAzTYIw7ZaQ2-IFA_IGtEH3C3nyIacxZtjvxiMKrxqTaWc998k_ThG7LZemp2b1jvLNjNcpnvfl2rSmXtUactm8bXDKsGpUVpGU2NUvxcz5UqnC5A/s628/nice%20sunset%20drawing%20colored.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="497" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzx9UknRpUWvMtteboP3LPIHFqeXRHOzmU91oosEgmCxh3UO_vAEZHhEjxaxSbCaodGF_2FBlhgsAzTYIw7ZaQ2-IFA_IGtEH3C3nyIacxZtjvxiMKrxqTaWc998k_ThG7LZemp2b1jvLNjNcpnvfl2rSmXtUactm8bXDKsGpUVpGU2NUvxcz5UqnC5A/w316-h400/nice%20sunset%20drawing%20colored.png" width="316" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork by Charlie W., Grade 7</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Permanent No Man's Land</span></p><p></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">What
is it to be the permanent no man’s land?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">To
stand, forever at the edge of all things, and watch?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">To
see the world drift by, lives lived and lives died,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And
to never endure the painful wonder of existence?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">To
gaze at the endlessness without deadline,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">To
be the forever and the never,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">All
at once alive and dying and yet so perfectly <i>not</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">What
is it, even, to be called?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A
geographical phenomenon, or a scientific anomaly?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Is
there explanation at all, or merely something beyond mortal comprehension,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">That
binds the world to have an edge<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Gives
the sky and earth a place to meet<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Allowed
to end, truly, but never stop<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A
loop, a cycle<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Endlessly<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Endless<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">End<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">by Mackenzie J., Grade 7</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUfp7_fBGhN3EK8U7KhYh3Glv68yi16m9YPX5wG1zRVyBzQA2u592OeZmvEJJZdo-wIiDov7JpbD-Nu8lgl_vPunv6YOm5jtO4GYVw5YWCqWj0gbGcqpC4ljOeAJzFa_f-JvcWwc5D7hGcEEGSpzhCkpgMEiVdbjQFtypt6VZQGXZB5pXygZffJZfZeg/s1374/No%20Monsters%20No%20Mercy.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1374" height="349" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUfp7_fBGhN3EK8U7KhYh3Glv68yi16m9YPX5wG1zRVyBzQA2u592OeZmvEJJZdo-wIiDov7JpbD-Nu8lgl_vPunv6YOm5jtO4GYVw5YWCqWj0gbGcqpC4ljOeAJzFa_f-JvcWwc5D7hGcEEGSpzhCkpgMEiVdbjQFtypt6VZQGXZB5pXygZffJZfZeg/w400-h349/No%20Monsters%20No%20Mercy.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"No Monsters/No Mercy" by Makenzie J., Grade 7</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Second </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I
feel as if I’m always in second, never enough, never perfect. I try my hardest
to be at the top. I’m nice, but not the favorite. I’m smart, but I’m not
intelligent.</span></span></p><p></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I
want more.</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I
want to be first for once, I want to be recognized. I want to be truly noticed
for me. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">What
did you say? I can’t do that?</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I’ll
just try harder. I’ll try to be funny, be smart, work harder, be popular.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I’m
sorry. I really tried to be better. I didn’t want to make it worse. </span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I’m
an outcast. I was wrong. I’m now less than anything. I’m spiraling down. I
can’t keep up. I shouldn’t have tried.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> I’m still not enough. I will never be enough. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Greed
overtakes me. I want more. It will never be enough.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I
will never be enough.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">by Lily C., Grade 7</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkcCI1IV7sWSG8fZSSi_jyKz5vJ0XoeH9uXSz1H_9y-GrWLbQ4uFZCE5mMdMXoMiC8wil9C4yLwemGEW136CLGb01vpLE4PV0cQ0Goi5PcQfosMuntPHnhbFRUnzGn3nol80Tiu2TnQGJB7DxuN6EUjHGN9uHr0w4jhEuYaJ6eHHEg6TzwGqAw9L6Kuw/s2109/heartbreak.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2109" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkcCI1IV7sWSG8fZSSi_jyKz5vJ0XoeH9uXSz1H_9y-GrWLbQ4uFZCE5mMdMXoMiC8wil9C4yLwemGEW136CLGb01vpLE4PV0cQ0Goi5PcQfosMuntPHnhbFRUnzGn3nol80Tiu2TnQGJB7DxuN6EUjHGN9uHr0w4jhEuYaJ6eHHEg6TzwGqAw9L6Kuw/w311-h320/heartbreak.png" width="311" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork by Charlie W., Grade 7</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508249632564685212.post-14999138662488466582022-03-23T11:17:00.001-07:002022-03-23T11:17:25.814-07:00A Wild Amalgam<p> <span style="font-family: georgia;">Sometimes we try to connect all the pieces we publish . . . and sometimes we just can't!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Enjoy a wild amalgam of writing and art this month. We think you will find lots to admire. </span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaTzJz1TwkPnv1VEVK8V9CV4mFJsM0mSqlkx4t2wJu35b8xNFuEKwgubEIyebwSOIM2zTCPMg4yn1MGD-V9Y26c0AedPkXvJsEg4mRGlr3FM8xJyW1Xnjq9ZJYLNTgtqWa6kV-T5kslJihSAJoFUH-rym5PGHTfhPGN-drk-VYv4Aqcq_VPksah-L2Dg/s2048/The%20Mask%20That%20You%20Hide%20Behind.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaTzJz1TwkPnv1VEVK8V9CV4mFJsM0mSqlkx4t2wJu35b8xNFuEKwgubEIyebwSOIM2zTCPMg4yn1MGD-V9Y26c0AedPkXvJsEg4mRGlr3FM8xJyW1Xnjq9ZJYLNTgtqWa6kV-T5kslJihSAJoFUH-rym5PGHTfhPGN-drk-VYv4Aqcq_VPksah-L2Dg/w400-h400/The%20Mask%20That%20You%20Hide%20Behind.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork by Richard W., Grade 7</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The Someone</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I
never liked someone.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Not
before, not now.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">No
strong feelings,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">No
burning sensation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">No
anything.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I
never wanted to feel love,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Or
longing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I
was fine with what I had.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I
haven’t liked someone.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Not
now, not ever.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm
too young,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm
not comfortable,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This
topic is getting out of hand.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I
<i>don't</i> like someone…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Not
ever, not…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Can
we leave it alone?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I
don’t want to talk about this.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This
isn't right.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But
really, deep inside, I know like someone.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Before,
for now, and forever.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The
way that they smile,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The
way that they laugh,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The
way they make my spirits soar.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But
it's not possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It
<i>shouldn't</i> be possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I
never liked anyone.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Not
this way, before.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I
don't know how to respond.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">They
don't even know me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I
don't even know them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Why
do I feel like this?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">For
someone I don't know.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">For
someone I haven't known<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">For
someone that I won't know.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And
for that someone, I feel like this.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Maybe
that's bad,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">At
least for some people.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But
to me?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It's
the best thing that ever happened to me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">So
I'll smile, and introduce myself.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">To
someone that I will know.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">To
someone that I know.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">To
someone that I have known.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">To
someone,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Who
likes me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And
that I,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Like
right back.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Maybe
for Valentine's Day?</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Cheerio!</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">by Richard W., Grade 7</span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3HtRHSRzAZRol-aY2VKIeUfXA-UIKce0w2-pZnW2BwhPf-g0YIyBjN1KS9Qh79WewdTmk8HHb-vYMwoVkLyU-TUL9QTv1iVUuRfQTlGSLY9DlaeqdHr1U-mQDWG9MyhERpK0V3t_isfqEPROI7sVlSHmXUEsS3C7hz9A_cUYazTrk8FdHUa9iSD2Mwg/s512/ghosts%20picture.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="354" data-original-width="512" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3HtRHSRzAZRol-aY2VKIeUfXA-UIKce0w2-pZnW2BwhPf-g0YIyBjN1KS9Qh79WewdTmk8HHb-vYMwoVkLyU-TUL9QTv1iVUuRfQTlGSLY9DlaeqdHr1U-mQDWG9MyhERpK0V3t_isfqEPROI7sVlSHmXUEsS3C7hz9A_cUYazTrk8FdHUa9iSD2Mwg/w400-h276/ghosts%20picture.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork by Mackenzie J., Grade 7</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">Storybook Ghosts</span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">There are ghosts in my head</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">I don’t understand them</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">But I am not afraid</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Because I do know them</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";">One quiet and gentle</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";">A silent listener</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";">When the days feel wrong</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";">And I wish I wasn’t here to see it</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Modern Love Grunge";"><span style="font-size: medium;">One loud and alive<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Modern Love Grunge";"><span style="font-size: medium;">A cheering voice<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Modern Love Grunge";"><span style="font-size: medium;">When excitement awakes<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Modern Love Grunge";"><span style="font-size: medium;">And the music swells<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One stiff and reassuring<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A constant presence<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">When the world feels crushing<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And I swear to god that I’m alone<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Script MT Bold";"><span style="font-size: medium;">One wise and caring<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Script MT Bold";"><span style="font-size: medium;">A feathered umbrella over my head<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Script MT Bold";"><span style="font-size: medium;">When the rain drips down<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Script MT Bold";"><span style="font-size: medium;">And I walk home slowly<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Ink Free";"><span style="font-size: medium;">One cheerful and innocent<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Ink Free";"><span style="font-size: medium;">A laughing companion<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Ink Free";"><span style="font-size: medium;">When I’m second guessing<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Ink Free";"><span style="font-size: medium;">And nothing I do feels right<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Matura MT Script Capitals";"><span style="font-size: medium;">One smart and eccentric <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Matura MT Script Capitals";"><span style="font-size: medium;">A comical tablemate<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Matura MT Script Capitals";"><span style="font-size: medium;">When I sit bored in the back<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Matura MT Script Capitals";"><span style="font-size: medium;">And do my work between drawings<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Matura MT Script Capitals";"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 11.0pt; margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Kristen ITC";">One empathetic and
loyal</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 11.0pt; margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Kristen ITC";"><span style="font-size: medium;">A careful advisor<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 11.0pt; margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Kristen ITC";"><span style="font-size: medium;">When I have questions I can’t ask<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 11.0pt; margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Kristen ITC";"><span style="font-size: medium;">And scars I’d rather not share<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Yes, there are ghosts in my head</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">I’m starting to understand them</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">But I'll never be afraid of them</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="font-size: medium;">Because I know what I wrote</span></span></b></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">by Mackenzie J., Grade 7</span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJDXXPApXMJY7XmaTm6OSsEIhZR8Fc8eVVxMGGatE6CeXOelDoAl-wvbV6f71t-WMYXsf9i6l7Vbp85VA7OqdClf4s1d9DY8AYJLv4rZHry_gr4z1sj00BSfj9zjevDXcDrzsspkqzxHyQgbOj8NMyDZtfermMCJozZ0B9BfdoAiMY8G0wxXPHksEuvg/s1974/The%20Old%20Man.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1974" data-original-width="1592" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJDXXPApXMJY7XmaTm6OSsEIhZR8Fc8eVVxMGGatE6CeXOelDoAl-wvbV6f71t-WMYXsf9i6l7Vbp85VA7OqdClf4s1d9DY8AYJLv4rZHry_gr4z1sj00BSfj9zjevDXcDrzsspkqzxHyQgbOj8NMyDZtfermMCJozZ0B9BfdoAiMY8G0wxXPHksEuvg/w323-h400/The%20Old%20Man.jpeg" width="323" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork by Will S., Grade 9</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">They & Them</span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The left and the
right side. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">She and he.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">She was the lightness
in the early morning dew.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A treat to be
bestowed upon a king adorned with a crown of shimmer.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">However, lightness is
oh so heavy a burden to carry. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">So with a smile she
turns to dawn and begs to god she shall not falter.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Never in front of the
eyes of others. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">For they could never
know, there was never lightness, and never dew.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Now glorious dawn is
long, long gone.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Dusk shall stay in
place.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">He was the bite to a
glass of ginger ale. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Heavy down the throat
and a pit in the stomach.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But he was fresh on
the lips and an invigorating surge to the soul.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">So ginger ale he was,
and ginger ale he’ll be.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A hidden captain to
the start of a new adventure.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Too much a shame it’s
to say, the journey would never begin.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">To say they hated
themselves would be a lie, but to say they loved the isolation is the truth
indeed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">For she was he, and
he was she.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Perhaps that made
them the biggest hypocrite of all.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> by Jaime P., Grade 8</span></o:p></p></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508249632564685212.post-58237766038664657742022-02-02T11:44:00.001-08:002022-02-02T11:44:05.239-08:00Palindromes<p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> There have been a lot of palindromes coming up in our calendar of late: 2/2/22 is the latest. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">While we did not write any palindrome poems to celebrate, you might find it intriguing to notice the interplay between the pieces we publish this month, the juxtaposition of art and word, and find your own inversions of ideas that might be considered palindromic. We hope you enjoy this missive from midwinter . . . stay warm out there!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 2pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>To the Stranger In Front of Me</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 2pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The confusion my heart
holds is overwhelming. I linger upon the question of this being loneliness, or
a genuine spark. The rhythm of my beating heart though translates to lies in my
mind. Something impossible. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I could never gift my
heart to a stranger. A stranger who I have known for five years. All the
opportunities but none were taken. Even now, with the stranger right in front
of me, I open my mouth, but nothing comes out. I smile, but it is only when you
look away. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I hate this. The
temptation to have such a love towards someone is absurd. To find comfort in
someone who may not even know my name. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Hope is nonetheless buried
deep inside my heart despite the contradicting thoughts in my mind. Possibly
they feel the same? No, that is likely not the case. How could that be? After
all, I, too, am a stranger in their beautiful mind. The enigma I may never get
to explore, but oh how I wish I could. After all, they are only a stranger
sitting in front of me. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">by Stephanie T., Grade 9</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg7Nrj6kjogq3im0q2iGdFhtYN83YbAZPh7bxkds4EBCmU_gV9aI4LuC7K4ksog8UQ_h1S_yD9w9aEWO0Dutisw2PqgxB_rw0voj7qf_2YivC9miGvl0w0akzJ7Tz_OChXUgDESE4OK3d0xfG5L3RJf-VRd3xKD_yV-j2Ph0l1nVCByurIxfv3bDCPo2A=s512" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="512" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg7Nrj6kjogq3im0q2iGdFhtYN83YbAZPh7bxkds4EBCmU_gV9aI4LuC7K4ksog8UQ_h1S_yD9w9aEWO0Dutisw2PqgxB_rw0voj7qf_2YivC9miGvl0w0akzJ7Tz_OChXUgDESE4OK3d0xfG5L3RJf-VRd3xKD_yV-j2Ph0l1nVCByurIxfv3bDCPo2A=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">artwork by Mackenzie J., Grade 7<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><span><p style="margin: 0in;">The Old and the New</p><p style="margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0in;">As
the old year comes to an end,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;">And
you think about the old and the new,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;">You
think to yourself that there's no way you'd abandon the old things,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;">That
were so special to you.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;">But
as the world changes,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;">You
do too.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;">Begin
to reflect on things<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;">That
are old and new.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;">A
fresh new layer of paint on a wall.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;">A
brand new pair of shoes.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;">A
different bird that will sing its song,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;">Delivering
information and news.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;">An
old, dusty piano,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;">With
cracked and splintered wood.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;">Yet
the notes still sound crisp and sharp,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;">As
any piano should.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;">A
new idea enters your mind,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;">It's
terribly shocking and extremely unrefined.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;">But
as you fix it and tune it, making it better,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;">You
realize you just created something you'd never be able to just <i>find</i>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;">Hobbies
are something you're passionate about,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;">And
you really like them too.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;">But
as you try more things, you think:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><i>It
wouldn't be terrible to discover something else to do.</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;">You
think about something else -<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;">Your
bad habits and bad decisions that you choose,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;">And
begin to wonder:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;">Aren't
old things something you'd rather lose?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;">As you see children with gifts you'd been given<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;">Something
occurs to you just as fast:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;">No
matter how similar a new toy would be, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;">It
never reminds you of that toy from your past.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;">As
the old year comes to an end,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;">And
you think about the old and the new,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;">You
realize it wouldn't be too bad to leave behind the old things…<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;">But
then again, why not keep a few?<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0in;">by Richard W., Grade 7</p></span></span></span><p></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNfJMPPMk3Yht13G4K2jMpAyzWE8kjXlwnsoQOIi3Nf_RTr-e_50gxwWNOgszcs_YEdNXrQS88Lg0Z6Mazv9Kyv1WJG8DWZTP6KL5nRE_dGVFP_nIx8wpYd8ifP0LgjtPetuUqCR5zSwz-zMLcSEy612gQ51g7CFi8bpxLd1Us_MPYB6WEmp0LzFn8lA=s512" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNfJMPPMk3Yht13G4K2jMpAyzWE8kjXlwnsoQOIi3Nf_RTr-e_50gxwWNOgszcs_YEdNXrQS88Lg0Z6Mazv9Kyv1WJG8DWZTP6KL5nRE_dGVFP_nIx8wpYd8ifP0LgjtPetuUqCR5zSwz-zMLcSEy612gQ51g7CFi8bpxLd1Us_MPYB6WEmp0LzFn8lA=w391-h400" width="391" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">artwork by Mackenzie J., Grade 7</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><p></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Paralysis</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">He cups his hands
and raises them to the sky<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">He sits and waits
for rain<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">She does the same<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">How they would love
to meet, but heaven knows they’ll never try<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">They sit around
waiting to heal: overdosed on apathy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Staring at the
ground, refusing to look at the sun<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Waiting for rain<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Wishing they could
drench themselves in these storms<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">And watch the
trusses bend and sway<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">They can breathe but
would love to start living<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">They're still
holding on, still waiting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">"Just keep
moving"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Etcetera, etcetera<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Seas of people
staring at their feet, their hands cupped to the sky<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Who will never know
what they've been waiting for<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">And who have missed
their life flash before their eyes<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">by Liam R., Grade 9</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9E0YZBJ9XuDS7WG3ssuYYHT6S5ISUyjKDovDYerjedK9LtnccYAbZ9yhkn38-UDFg1eW9J3wrZPC5gvnlIhboqEN9usuXaz4KCJb_XoGfSCKSQXePjD6nSMkpTbTnHjnVQkvGYBcA-IT4CtVZ8pBj0jxoLhb2eT2KjCWPzQtMu-_QiXBB7-hTZhRZhQ=s4486" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3332" data-original-width="4486" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9E0YZBJ9XuDS7WG3ssuYYHT6S5ISUyjKDovDYerjedK9LtnccYAbZ9yhkn38-UDFg1eW9J3wrZPC5gvnlIhboqEN9usuXaz4KCJb_XoGfSCKSQXePjD6nSMkpTbTnHjnVQkvGYBcA-IT4CtVZ8pBj0jxoLhb2eT2KjCWPzQtMu-_QiXBB7-hTZhRZhQ=w400-h297" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">artwork by Richard. W., Grade 7</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsGx0qtOnIgvy0CgRI_dbJoxpZdqBFvIXhR2CtiD_2ojxdsiIdSU1r-osjtp6AU3SVdilIXa588k8ru3M1pL2tEd2reozvpEmIv_pQSgfQjfiE-rktOKLF3kXOVUwIBXjXbzqUpgzm7LzMmAOVYgdKPNI0CDli8Qb47xZSikzUBbOC3tVwg-V6bso5NA=s1310" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="605" data-original-width="1310" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsGx0qtOnIgvy0CgRI_dbJoxpZdqBFvIXhR2CtiD_2ojxdsiIdSU1r-osjtp6AU3SVdilIXa588k8ru3M1pL2tEd2reozvpEmIv_pQSgfQjfiE-rktOKLF3kXOVUwIBXjXbzqUpgzm7LzMmAOVYgdKPNI0CDli8Qb47xZSikzUBbOC3tVwg-V6bso5NA=w400-h185" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">artwork by Jacob D., Grade 9</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508249632564685212.post-14986796431222548642021-12-22T04:39:00.002-08:002021-12-22T04:40:16.977-08:00This Is The Way We End a Year<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> As the long nights and short days persist, we know the year is almost over and soon the world will brighten again. To hold you over, we share these snippets and poems, paintings and photography, and we hope they bring you joy. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhuXAZf4AvuJEn0pUS_awIIgV2jgKsuxF7y2d083Qb3Gmc8DUvLAvqXsomjD9DH3-koc53MOSZkUbdawJA0qCz4GaWBT5A42hEakBIYhX6ArFx3Dp_5p1spAu0jwRyeEx4XTuz2F2kSz0YKA2WXPa0OltDIP2nY4Sh5V6ek1pT1rh8TY5LVr6PFwoh3Q=s618" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="374" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhuXAZf4AvuJEn0pUS_awIIgV2jgKsuxF7y2d083Qb3Gmc8DUvLAvqXsomjD9DH3-koc53MOSZkUbdawJA0qCz4GaWBT5A42hEakBIYhX6ArFx3Dp_5p1spAu0jwRyeEx4XTuz2F2kSz0YKA2WXPa0OltDIP2nY4Sh5V6ek1pT1rh8TY5LVr6PFwoh3Q=w242-h400" width="242" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork by Julia N., Grade 8</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Let Us Raise Our Flags</span></p><p></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">How
many times will we watch<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">as
our Purple Hearts are slaughtered?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">How
many times will we watch<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">their
lives thrown aside amidst the ranks of cheering crowds?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Why
do we hold them in reverence?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">We
fold our flags as our lines draw clearer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">While
we watch from our safe distance in the crowd<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">We
are intoxicated by the throne<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">We
are consumed by our enmity<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">and
we are the winter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Let
us raise our flags on the graves of the innocent</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">by Liam R., Grade 9</span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFHPt3gbjgHzuXR8IZtsTq5jtqq2fDvsL-FBn4ZqIJtoFSgezztfua1rOfH7qVe2jo9Nqdfn0vmA0CQqvpnXE7zUCl_8bAvJJ9FTRDadUyGDdzH9L5-tyzWjTdvQI_Oglmc_kmJ8moblgIxzNnJb9otiuICP4Hz1GsPj2upc5b04xzU0627MQL3cN3CA=s512" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="512" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFHPt3gbjgHzuXR8IZtsTq5jtqq2fDvsL-FBn4ZqIJtoFSgezztfua1rOfH7qVe2jo9Nqdfn0vmA0CQqvpnXE7zUCl_8bAvJJ9FTRDadUyGDdzH9L5-tyzWjTdvQI_Oglmc_kmJ8moblgIxzNnJb9otiuICP4Hz1GsPj2upc5b04xzU0627MQL3cN3CA=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photograph by Mackenzie J., Grade 7</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Planting Ideas</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I
don't have the green thumb others seem to possess,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Never
been able to nurture an idea</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">For
more than a few hours.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And
I'm not sure I want to try again this time.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><i>But
this is the right time - a perfect idea, </i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><i>Ready
to flourish under your care.</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I
can't seem to make this work!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I
can't bare to see another idea disappear.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I
only see my failures.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mistakes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Regrets.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><i>But
you'll never know what it'll turn into,</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><i>Unless
you try.</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I've
already tried.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I've
seen my flowering, budding ideas,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Planted…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Watched
them wilt…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Deprived
of the nutrients of my mind,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And
dried up by the burning judgement of others.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><i>How
do you know this time isn't different?</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Every
time…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It's
been the same.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">What
will make this any different?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">How
do I know?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">How
do I know there's a difference?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">That
this won't become another lifeless idea,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Another
beautiful flowering story,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Morphed,
altered and ultimately ruined,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">By
my ever-changing thoughts?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><i>You're
doing it right now!</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><i>Has
it become the mess you expected it to be?</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Maybe
not.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Maybe…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This
little sapling will sprout <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Into
the beautiful idea<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I've
always wanted it to be.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">by Richard W., Grade 7</span></p><p style="margin: 0in;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4bAedVC92RPa7ApaYJK-_CWRmCpq86-uZdW5H0XfoVLXleXpEsqjmLTFGOwT2hi2zYY4vkdpT9pAK-j01XfR8AU5Jdz1zk4w7JWbiKrlWMP8a0PDVmeVa7z6SQwvptIqbvGmTJn1uLRwst9ntuqEk4DJJ4ie7GATWBZAI06LTaiNtw4XNZ6JUR9INuQ=s2448" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="1834" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4bAedVC92RPa7ApaYJK-_CWRmCpq86-uZdW5H0XfoVLXleXpEsqjmLTFGOwT2hi2zYY4vkdpT9pAK-j01XfR8AU5Jdz1zk4w7JWbiKrlWMP8a0PDVmeVa7z6SQwvptIqbvGmTJn1uLRwst9ntuqEk4DJJ4ie7GATWBZAI06LTaiNtw4XNZ6JUR9INuQ=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Photograph by Sophia L., Grade 7</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Everyone
seemed to have their <i>thing. </i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You had
only one role in this hierarchy adults say doesn’t exist. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But it <i>does
</i>exist- grown-ups just forget how real it truly is. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Once
you had your set niche, there was no contorting it- that was <i>you </i>to the
rest of the student body. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Unless
someone bothered to get to know you, of course. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But
when everyone is so wrapped up in themselves it didn’t happen often. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You
were an athlete: Always leaving 7<sup>th</sup> period early to hop on a bus
going who knows where. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You
were <i>that </i>kid: The one everyone knows about, the one people point out at
lunch and talk about <i>all the time </i>even if they’ve never laid eyes on you
themselves. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You
were once the mean girl of your elementary class: That one girl that sent some
kids home crying, the one who talks about you behind your back. But middle
school is so large that tiny grasp of power slips away. Now, what’s left of
your big, bad reputation is… I’m not gonna go into it. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That
one kid who towers over the teachers. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The kid
that is made fun of for their height.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The one
who plays Snake in class.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The one
with a book under their arm. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The one
that knows <i>everything: </i>Drama, secrets, ready to let loose like a deadly
firecracker. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
loud one. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Quiet
one.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Smart
one--<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Or. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Or, you
could be neutral. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You
could just drift through the drama and never let it affect you. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Watch
it go down like a staged fight on a reality TV show. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You
smile with the others, watch from afar, never part of it yourself. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Yet
there’s a curse behind this neutral stance. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> You’ll
always want to be one of them. Known.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">And all
of them want to be one of you. Anonymous.</span></p><p style="margin: 0in;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p>by Kate M., Grade 7</o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508249632564685212.post-66568447629028926912021-11-21T10:32:00.003-08:002021-11-23T04:49:23.285-08:00The Shades of November<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">This may be the most colorful November in Buckingham we have had in recent history. The line of sugar maples along the soccer field blazed red, the osage oranges across the road chucked chartreuse orbs into traffic, and the dogwoods in the wild patch by the tennis courts were almost as vibrant as when they are abloom. The sunrises over CB East demanded our attention. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">The leaves hung on tight a little longer this year. We are hanging on tight too. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">We hope you enjoy this month's selections as much as we enjoyed choosing them for you. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQmkcmLGltfeCZq1qKMQrdvCcmTVqB6NEvwnzTJ2T6xFBM6NModcfaeySXwNdy-xzLE3tRTmcYVwm44mzl-MRenBuTl3kEi42x_KhiwEVW4Y2XJxR0cXxx44zIR_RTA-cDAu0-t5csBe3O/s743/Untitled+picture.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="743" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQmkcmLGltfeCZq1qKMQrdvCcmTVqB6NEvwnzTJ2T6xFBM6NModcfaeySXwNdy-xzLE3tRTmcYVwm44mzl-MRenBuTl3kEi42x_KhiwEVW4Y2XJxR0cXxx44zIR_RTA-cDAu0-t5csBe3O/w400-h233/Untitled+picture.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork by Julia N., Grade 8</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The Procrastinator's Helpline</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hello?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Is this the magnificent
Procrastinator’s Helpline, I’ve heard so many good things about?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">You may have gotten my previous calls, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But I’m back for more badly needed help<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I have a thousand-word, three-page
minimum essay due in about an hour<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And I haven’t even typed my name on top
of the date yet<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">You see, I <i>was going to </i>do it, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But who can work on an empty stomach?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Certainly not me!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And what’s a snack without a drink?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">So, if I must, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I shall delay my work to quench my
thirst<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And fill the hole in my stomach<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But then<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Just as I begin to think and type and
work away<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I am challenged<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Challenged by a pop-up ad from the
website I was using to gather facts and research to support my soon overdue
thesis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">“<b><i>ONLY 1% OF PEOPLE
CAN BEAT THIS GAME!”</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Is what it said, mocking me in its
bright text intending to draw attention<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And being the stubborn and competitive
person, I am<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I couldn’t back out<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And that’s where I found myself for the
next forty-five minutes or so<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Tearing through the gauntlet of online
games proving that am the 1% worthy of victory<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">So, yeah<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">After all that<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I’m here with you<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">So, tell me please, lend me your wisdom<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">How do I get a thousand-word,
three-page minimum essay done in an hour?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Or less if it’s possible?</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">-- by Gavin C., Grade 9</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">inspired by "Toddler Feelings Helpline" by Sara Given</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEEKYEhbEBymx4cYIUgWc__TxkyvkezoN5RqCxyKSZHYzcGOYBzxI46zPrO2VgYUff9Xg0IgfotJwsgoNzH2Z-_V0DJie8wXsl-x1Kql741t1VoaXV-wyZywSfTDes0iAcfjexACu87xJQ/s4030/IMG_1847.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2540" data-original-width="4030" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEEKYEhbEBymx4cYIUgWc__TxkyvkezoN5RqCxyKSZHYzcGOYBzxI46zPrO2VgYUff9Xg0IgfotJwsgoNzH2Z-_V0DJie8wXsl-x1Kql741t1VoaXV-wyZywSfTDes0iAcfjexACu87xJQ/w400-h253/IMG_1847.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Holicong Soccer Field in November, photographed by Mr. Vogelsinger</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><p></p><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Main Characters</span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Everyone wants to be a main character. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Everyone wants to be the center of attention.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Whether you deny it or not, everyone wants to have conflict.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Everyone wants to be the Peter Parker, who gets bullied,
only to later prove them wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But what people don’t think about, is that Peter Parker
doesn’t exist.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Everyone begs to have conflict, instead of being thankful
for what conflict they don’t have.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">People will be bullied, but they can’t scale buildings.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">People live hard lives, but they can’t carry boulders.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">People die, they’ll never fly.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Everyone wants to be a main character.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But why not be yourself?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">by Jacob D., Grade 9</span></div>
<span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpWNwtC7SrjYaWY_60KlXiXYNuU5O3oyfEomhrLMDiL2h4JZMfdbg27R89gZsoG3jTtuwULIfdk1WZYFAHJNZzb98tmizuoUEKY1i2pmZDKnz3HhkLt_BinIc3Elei6_tLn31I9xs-Qph-/s537/sneaker+november.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="537" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpWNwtC7SrjYaWY_60KlXiXYNuU5O3oyfEomhrLMDiL2h4JZMfdbg27R89gZsoG3jTtuwULIfdk1WZYFAHJNZzb98tmizuoUEKY1i2pmZDKnz3HhkLt_BinIc3Elei6_tLn31I9xs-Qph-/s320/sneaker+november.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork by Katilyn J., Grade 8</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><br /></i></span></div><p></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></i></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Drip,
drip, drip.</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Home
alone.</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Storm
shrieking and howling.</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Lights
out.</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Drip,
drip, drip.</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">A
bloodcurdling howl in the backyard.</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Whipping
out a flashlight.</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Investigate.</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Drip,
drip, drip.</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Horrific
howls in the backyard.</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The
screech of the glass door sliding.</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The
monster awaits.</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Drip,
drip, drip.</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Racing
toward the target.</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">A
silent scream.</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The
drenched figure toppling over on its target,</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">As
a piece of paper wafted towards them,</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Stating,
"Lost Dog."</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">-Anonymous</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;">
</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-7BwUa8EGJUfynqqtpV0o0worEh_UE6LZlA71aqrV4IqKsz5boyo0gc7EUmaHAvYIOsCPUk3bjmDhyphenhyphenFr-Kg3ZyvorYdhyphenhypheny0s6mdc7Mg-Rvqc0mJNc4eX-JPD1-DIWQFZ5N1icuP4dcOw6/s512/dog+pic.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-7BwUa8EGJUfynqqtpV0o0worEh_UE6LZlA71aqrV4IqKsz5boyo0gc7EUmaHAvYIOsCPUk3bjmDhyphenhyphenFr-Kg3ZyvorYdhyphenhypheny0s6mdc7Mg-Rvqc0mJNc4eX-JPD1-DIWQFZ5N1icuP4dcOw6/s320/dog+pic.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork by Mackenzie, J., Grade 7</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">COVID Companion</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Fingers
push against plastic<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">fingers
dance, with so much grace,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">flying
across the keyboard<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">and
ever so often hitting space<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The
mouse is moving<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">gliding
across the table<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">releasing
loud, sharp clicks<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm
clicking as fast as I'm able<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm
using a computer<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">the
same as any other day<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">nothing
really special<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">we
all use it the same way<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">by Richard W., Grade 7</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;">
<br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508249632564685212.post-15999154565258518312021-10-26T07:31:00.003-07:002021-10-26T07:31:58.460-07:00The Light and the Dark<p style="text-align: left;">In Pennsylvania, October is a time of brightness and darkness, blazing leaves in shorter days, against a backdrop of gray, brooding skies. You will find that our post for the month -- our first this year -- reflects this juxtaposition, and we hope it might even capture a little of what you are feeling inside as we move through this strange but hopeful year together. </p><p style="text-align: left;">Thank you for being here, for reading our magazine. We hope you like what we produce and curate in the monthly posts right here on <i>Sevenatenine</i>. </p><p style="line-height: 38pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Tennis</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I, too,
dislike it: There are a million more productive pastimes</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I would do
rather than wearing down my wrist ligaments.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I could find
a cure for cancer,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I could
write an opera,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Or maybe
just get my homework done.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But no.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Here I am
again, repeatedly hitting a small ball over a weathered net.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But my mind
always reminds of the perks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">that bring
my feet back to those green courts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I love the
buzz that sails through my arm after a great shot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I love the
smile that sneaks onto my face after my coach gives praise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I love how I
jump up and slap racquets with my partner <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">after we win
a strenuous match.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">So.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">No matter
how bright the sun shines,</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">how tired or
weary I feel,</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I will still
march right back <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">onto those
courts and do it all over again.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">by Lyla P., Grade 9</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Inspired by the poem "Poetry" by Marianne Moore</span></p><p><br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOEMB6R31GYQ2lUtPlnFUPVNL_3k4vs9VgYaANx2vvSDMsv2sxViWBZ9UUsb4mnpRUhaeCttFuH76eZsSKOq4tC_oP7FbHxxiaL__l1S4CtYJmF3TZdoeMf3sxosEt7gFa2zzjEKSKQtI-/s542/October+21+artwork.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="542" data-original-width="239" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOEMB6R31GYQ2lUtPlnFUPVNL_3k4vs9VgYaANx2vvSDMsv2sxViWBZ9UUsb4mnpRUhaeCttFuH76eZsSKOq4tC_oP7FbHxxiaL__l1S4CtYJmF3TZdoeMf3sxosEt7gFa2zzjEKSKQtI-/w176-h400/October+21+artwork.png" width="176" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork by Jacob D., Grade 9</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">To the Past, Present, and Future</span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hey
Kid, we have a goal to accomplish.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">No,
a dream sounds more appropriate. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I
promise you I will achieve it for us. Me and you!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">See
you soon little guy. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hey,
present me, you’re making us sad. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The
light of hope you had to achieve the goals we dreamed, is slowly fading, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Why
give up now when we are so close? Please continue for all of us. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hey!
Thank you so much. We are now grown, achieved what we wanted.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">We
never gave up on our goal. Makes me tear up a little, ha-ha! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I’m
returning to my time: 2021. See you soon! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">by Beck M., Grade 9</span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbyFTePnVflivqRHR1yiCOUwlCGRRWvf8bxGuHdfVDBh7c9FyLWpuf39J3EWw7WRnIlZEUZE_1h2sYXARDzQPCIFouydBo29YfeLGx8HMz0aV6Fx2jIRNs5wxjq1ixtPS36I-k6HKZWAOL/s1280/Slide1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbyFTePnVflivqRHR1yiCOUwlCGRRWvf8bxGuHdfVDBh7c9FyLWpuf39J3EWw7WRnIlZEUZE_1h2sYXARDzQPCIFouydBo29YfeLGx8HMz0aV6Fx2jIRNs5wxjq1ixtPS36I-k6HKZWAOL/w400-h225/Slide1.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork by Isabel D., Grade 8</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="margin: 0in;"><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The sun peeked over the mountain side. The river glimmered in the sun stream. The birds chirped a lullaby. The evergreen trees stood tall and proud. I come out to my tree house every morning to paint the sunrise. Sometimes I come out and just look at it for a while. It looks like watercolor floating in the sky. Like someone comes out here every morning to paint it on. The sunrise looks the same every morning but still somehow mesmerizes me. It is as if Mother Nature is telling me that I will be the next painter to paint on the sky every morning, and she is trying to train me for when that day comes.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">by Julia N., Grade 8</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508249632564685212.post-73642061112443124672021-06-07T10:02:00.002-07:002021-06-07T10:08:05.594-07:00The End of the Year As We Know It<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> In a most unusual year, we have been proud to bring you poetry and memoirs and artwork. We hope you have enjoyed them! Keep creating this summer, and we hope to see you back for more at Sevenatenine in September. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Morning (after Krista Lukas)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The blistering tune of alarms<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Invites the whisper of sunrise<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Through cracks in the blinds.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Quiet footsteps lead to a dim kitchen,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Coffee wafts through morning air,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">into my blue mug.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Dew collects on clear windows<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">As my dog watches a squirrel,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Focused on getting breakfast.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">by Zoe L., Grade 9</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN6jNobfpxoPhRtKncVj1LXy1esVGkIdr9AghL-SRAmkwFhhVSAwUK815UUalnDUtaDLugEv-3cbDkvvs5qQHFqS9a6fzX7-fYBZB5SXzbHsr76L-UWpXOhzAVd8NyAXKomaRV3Kdgbs5S/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN6jNobfpxoPhRtKncVj1LXy1esVGkIdr9AghL-SRAmkwFhhVSAwUK815UUalnDUtaDLugEv-3cbDkvvs5qQHFqS9a6fzX7-fYBZB5SXzbHsr76L-UWpXOhzAVd8NyAXKomaRV3Kdgbs5S/w300-h400/image.png" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork by Josephine L., Grade 7</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Honeycrisps</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In time of despair let us be thankful for small triumphs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A <i>raspy</i> thank you after you let all the precious hot
air escape, as you keep the door open for the granny,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A quiet chuckle after you tell a mediocre joke, that you rehearsed
in your head countless times, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A "Bless you!" after you sneeze sticky, thick phlegm
all over your new sweater. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> People have
a propensity to be better than you think, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> They are
not flawless, but most are apples. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Some can
be tangy; some can be sweet.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> I prefer
Honeycrisps, delicate with a sweet-tart finish. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Be thankful for Honeycrisps and
small triumphs.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">by Dhruv M., Grade 9</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipjRepqqc_slnIr7QAPNBxtjW_03BrVR_FC1O24-opgFhrKuR3kK_i_YSVki8zAGhZOYrLbrO4U-D3smEp2MXHWAASVPEV0mQjZUUpvy8FYpI5UQAVQWFIOyEZTR-p2xMSKQFQb609x87o/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img data-original-height="1049" data-original-width="2048" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipjRepqqc_slnIr7QAPNBxtjW_03BrVR_FC1O24-opgFhrKuR3kK_i_YSVki8zAGhZOYrLbrO4U-D3smEp2MXHWAASVPEV0mQjZUUpvy8FYpI5UQAVQWFIOyEZTR-p2xMSKQFQb609x87o/w400-h205/image.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork by Emma D., Grade 9</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> <o:p></o:p><b style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: georgia;">Dear Future Generation</span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">To our future generation:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I am so sorry for all we have
brought you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">for all we have left you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">We believed we were infallible <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">until we began to fall.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I look down at you and feel
reverent,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">for even though the world is messy
and unkind,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">you have<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">-- thusfar --<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">proved yourself a formidable
opponent.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">May your kind souls<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">and brave hearts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">forever propel you forward<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">far away from these trash-filled
waters.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Humans have a propensity to kill,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">but I believe that there will be no
more heads on sticks in your time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Instead there will be glasses on silver
platters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">and sunlight protruding through thin
trees.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">There will be innocent verdicts for
innocent men<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">and guilty ones for the poor
hearted.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Unfortunately, we have given you a
war to fight.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Fortunately, you have all the
weapons.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Let the battle begin. </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">by Calli P., Grade 9</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNbTgcCQhGw56YzS6dAkFBazxJDBRwdUuWKDEwnheA9g7jvaXxTmjQbdBZjM1bB2eO7Dq-XlAZrUEXsvVmfWYMIxhKsS2UAfP2J8qUa-jmjK20UCvP6p71Fumef9R5Llr-74vLBeuR2mKv/s690/memory.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNbTgcCQhGw56YzS6dAkFBazxJDBRwdUuWKDEwnheA9g7jvaXxTmjQbdBZjM1bB2eO7Dq-XlAZrUEXsvVmfWYMIxhKsS2UAfP2J8qUa-jmjK20UCvP6p71Fumef9R5Llr-74vLBeuR2mKv/s320/memory.PNG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork by Jacob D., Grade 8</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #212121; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Your Hand In Mine, My Heart In
Yours<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #212121; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #212121; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Our hands outline each other’s.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #212121; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Yours in mine, mine in yours.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #212121; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I can feel every callous and
blister, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #212121; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Yet still it’s soft.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #212121; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Comforting. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #212121; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Warm.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><strong><span style="color: #212121; font-size: 11.5pt; font-weight: normal;">Like a freshly
brewed macchiato and a pleasantly bitter aftertaste,</span></strong></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #212121; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I drink up the memory until
every last drop is gone,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #212121; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">So that the taste can linger
forever.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #212121; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #212121; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">by Jamie P., Grade 7</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Yes please! Our
fingers are numb!”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Only after the offer of
hot chocolate did he then walk into the pantry and realize that to his dismay,
and ours, we were out of the stir-in mix. <i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“That’s alright, we
still have the milk!” he gandered, “I think I can easily find a recipe for hot
chocolate with just milk and probably some chocolate bars to make it
chocolatey?” He gave us a winning smile, but we could all hear the hesitation
in his voice. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He yanked open the fridge
door to grab the milk, his outstretched hand grasping only air instead. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Okay… so we don’t have
any milk…” he said slowly, regretting every word before it even slipped his
lips, “But don’t worry! I’ll figure out how to make it from scratch!”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>We sat and waited for
several tolling minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Come and get it!” An
excited voice floated out from the kitchen a few minutes later.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Snaking my hand through
the handle and embracing the mug with my palms, I instantly felt the warmth
radiating from within, swimming through my veins. I took in the chocolatey smell
that seemed to waft all the way into my brain, and even that gave me enough
warmth to make me feel cozier. I couldn’t help but smile a sigh of relief. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 35.4pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Plunking in a few marshmallows and letting them wallow
in wait, it looked like the epidemy of the perfect mug of hot cocoa: Marshmallows
playing tag in a kiddy pool of chocolaty goodness. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 35.4pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Only then did I squint close into my mug and notice
the cloudy, translucent quality of the drink, and what looked like little rocks
and pebbles sitting in the bottom. I let my spoon take a dip in the mug and
move in a consistent circular motion, swirling my hot cocoa into a tiny tornado.
The clouds circled my spoon like a storm, refusing to mix right. <i>What the
heck??<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Dad, what’s in this?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Chocolate chips and
boiled water… I know, I know,” he answered as we all glanced at him blankly, “Hey!
Don’t look at me like that, we didn’t have anything else, so it was the best I
could do!”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 35.4pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Hm, okay. So that ‘delicious’ smell I so joyously
inhaled a few minutes prior turned out to be some boiled water and chocolate
chips. <i>Yummmm</i>,<i> </i>a sarcastic voice dragged out in my head. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 35.4pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">As I looked around it seemed like my siblings all had
the same expression on their face as me: <i>Are we supposed to drink this??<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 35.4pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Slowly and shakily I brought the mug to my lips. The
discolored drink shoved an overwhelming amount of steam into my face making me
pinch my eyes closed. Had it been your typical hot cocoa, I would have welcomed
the steam with open arms: But this was definitely not your typical hot cocoa,
and not by a long shot. I cracked open my mouth just a sliver, allowing the
bare minimum of the drink to slip past my lips. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 35.4pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The bland taste seemed overly bland, stabbing my taste
buds with its plainness. The chalky texture seemed to cling to my mouth not
wanting to let go. A drink famous for having a smile-worthy sweetness, now shown
through my eyes, turned infamous for its tastelessness. It’s as if it had been
mutated, in my own household, into a flavorless and insipid drink. My throat
refused to open up its drawbridge and let the tidal wave of cloudy river pass through.
It basically screamed at me: <i>You’re not seriously going to let this poison
into your body… are you?!?! </i>None the less, my ten-year-old-chocolate-addict-self
pushed it all down into my stomach. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 35.4pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I have little to no memory of what happened in the
snow that day, but rather a memory full of gagging down a drink like no other.
Ten-year-old me might have poured the drink down the sink without hesitation
had she not been craving hot chocolate so much she just had to drink it. It
took some time, but now I don’t zero in on the awfulness of that experience.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 35.4pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">To this day, it’s funny to watch my dad’s reaction
when I bring up his attempt at hot chocolate from scratch. But now I see he
took the time to attempt to make something with all the wrong ingredients: And
while the hot cocoa train crashed and burned, the memory blossoms and grows
fonder every day. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 35.4pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">It’s things like that, the little things, that count
the most. The little things that I will always remember. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 35.4pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">My parents might not even realize the little things: But
it’s what they do for me and the sacrifices they make, even the small and
subtle, that I will keep folded neatly in my trunk of memories only to look
back on and smile about years later. It is these things that truly mean the
world to me, even if one of those memories is chalky hot cocoa that I practically
forced down my throat. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 35.4pt;">by Mackenzie W., Grade 9</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 35.4pt;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYl9v9XLE3PtjlD2uPCoIelqfLruR6Uc7X0-_JAN1sMoVMgOpNmVioovSlw5rSB5DuKyS-HhMVDV-OaIE70r6-uE3hcgC_FU1e3tGIeyIWMq9hhw3yP5TEQ39hoSVKMd7JwwKTyFg8YFde/s919/Glow-Fish.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="919" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYl9v9XLE3PtjlD2uPCoIelqfLruR6Uc7X0-_JAN1sMoVMgOpNmVioovSlw5rSB5DuKyS-HhMVDV-OaIE70r6-uE3hcgC_FU1e3tGIeyIWMq9hhw3yP5TEQ39hoSVKMd7JwwKTyFg8YFde/w400-h235/Glow-Fish.PNG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork by Jacob D., Grade 8</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 35.4pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 35.4pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">Whoops, Slipped on the Keys!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">It has been told
to me many, many times: even the best pianists make mistakes during their
performances. They just expertly cover up the flaw, so the audience isn’t aware
of it. I know for a fact that I am not a part of these “best pianists”, but I
do have moments where even I am impressed with how well I covered up the
mistake. Nobody in the crowd, besides my parents and my piano teacher, Sylvia,
would notice. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> The Sounds of Excellence Concert on
April 6, 2019 was not one of those proud moments. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> The day started off amazing (as all
infamous days do). I had already found out that I aced the auditions and got
into the Sounds of Excellence Concert, so all I had to get through was the
concert itself. I’ve already performed in this concert twice, so I really had
nothing to worry about. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Little did I know how rushed I would
become. I thought since I was performing third to last, I had all the time I
needed. However, I got carried away by the lighthearted and social atmosphere backstage
and forgot to practice. Pretty soon, there were only two performers ahead of
me, and I only had time to briefly skim through the piece. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “You sound so good! You are going to
be awesome out there!” my best friend Rachel reassured me. <i> </i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> I mustered up a nervous smile and
wiped my sweaty hands on my dress. “Let’s hope you’re right...” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> A woman, probably in her late 20s,
popped in the room. “Rong Xu?” she pointed at me. “You are on deck!” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <i>Uh oh. </i>I stood up shakily and
followed her to the vast area directly behind the stage.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “The jazz band is currently
performing. When they are finished and come backstage, you will then go out on
stage, curtsy, and do your thing! You will do great, good luck!” the lady
smiled at me and walked out of the room. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> I sat down in the waiting chair and
bit the inside of my mouth. I could hear the jazz band finishing up. In just a
few seconds, I was going to have to go out onto that stage—<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> The crowd clapped and cheered. The
jazz band’s performance was over. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> I forced myself not to cry. <i>You’ve
done this concert two times already, Rong. </i>I reassured myself for the 50<sup>th</sup>
time that day. <i>You will be fine. <o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I took two huge breaths, stood up,
and faced my fate. The members of the jazz band that just played jogged past me,
a huge smile written on each of their faces. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <i>Will I be as happy as them after
my performance too? <o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> As I walked out on stage and felt a
warm light shining on my face, I looked over at the crowd and spotted my family.
I could tell that my parents were just as tense as I was. I moved my eyes down
and gulped when I saw my piano teacher. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> I put on the world’s fakest smile and tried my
best to curtsy without falling over. I stared at the piano next to me. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> One step. Two steps. Three steps.
The expensive <i>Steinway </i>piano was just an arm’s reach away.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I subconsciously sat down on the seat;
the keys of doom right in front of me. I inhaled… and started playing. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> I rapidly scanned through the
memorized sheet music in my head and transferred the knowledge to my fingers. My
heart was ready to jump out and run away, but I maintained a serene face,
extending my fingers to reach all the notes. I had no time to think…the music
was going too fast. Sweat coated my fingers, making the keys slippery, but this
was common when I performed at recitals. I just needed to make sure that I
don’t play a wrong note, because then the whole piece would fall apart.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> As the music rose and dipped, I
started feeling the inner pulse of the piece, and the beautiful melody drifted
through my ears. <i>Just like how you played at the audition.</i> <i>You can do
thi— <o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> My pinky slipped. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> The world’s ugliest arpeggio came
out of the piano. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> I panicked. <i>No, no! This isn’t
happening! </i>Soon, all my fingers were playing wrong notes. I was playing
everything except what was supposed to be played. Every knowledge of Chopin’s Étude
in A flat flew away from my brain. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The music transformed from a lovely
piece of classical music to a horror movie introduction. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <i>Was that supposed to be a B flat?
No! Argh…what is the next note? What am I doing? You messed up at the Kimmel
Center! This is a huge concert! Mom and Dad are going to be so mad! Sylvia will
never want to teach you again. Such a failure. </i> I was getting unbelievably frustrated. Even if
the audience did not know the piece itself, I knew that they could tell that I
made a <i>huge </i>mistake. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> This panic continued for about one
minute. Then, for some unspoken, divine reason, I managed to get back on track.
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> That feeling of guilt and disappointment
never left me. I finished the whole piece with half of the emotion and
adrenaline I started with. What was the point of finishing anyway? I had
already messed up half the piece. This mistake was unmendable. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> The last chord echoed through the Perelman
Theater. The audience started clapping, but I could sense the uncertainty
interweaved with every clap. It was the worst feeling. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> I got up from the piano, took a deep
breath, and curtsied. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> I tried my best to compose myself
while walking off the stage, acting like I didn’t just butcher a whole piece of
music. Once I got backstage, I was ready to let it all out, but I remembered:
there were still people here. My friends were waiting for me on the other side,
not aware that I destroyed my whole performance. I forced the tears back into
my eyes and walked out with a shivering smile. Rachel and her older brother,
Oliver, ran out of the room where all the other performers were lounging. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “You did so good!” they exclaimed,
smiling as brightly as ever. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “Yeah, no.” I laughed. I could feel
the hot tears welling up again. “I messed up. Badly.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Their faces fell. After an awkward
two seconds of silence, I flashed a quick smile and walked back to the Green
Room.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">When the concert finally ended, everybody
walked out to the main lobby and waited for their parents. Every other
performer was rejoicing and recalling their performances, while all I wanted
was to do was disappear. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> I shuffled dejectedly up to my
parents. My mother even had a bouquet of flowers waiting for me—she thought my
performance would be perfect. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: DengXian; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">怎么回事</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">(What happened)?”
she asked. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> I turned my back to everyone in the
lobby and starting sobbing, as quietly as I could. “</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: DengXian; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">我不知道</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">(I don’t know)!” I
sniffled. “</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: DengXian; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">我忘</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: DengXian; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">了</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">
(I forgot!)!” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> My father patted my back. “</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: DengXian; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">没事</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">. </span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: DengXian; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">回家吧</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">(It’s okay. Let’s
go home).” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> As upset as I was, deep down inside
me, I knew I had learned an invaluable lesson. This was the reality of life: I
worked so hard for six months just to perform for eight minutes and to mess up.
Even just for a chance at not making a mistake, I needed to work ten times
harder. Once I got on that stage and started playing, my fate no longer lied in
my hands. All I could do was hope that my hours of practice were not for
nothing. Every person goes through this once in their life. It’s the sad truth.
I could do nothing about it, and it was no use having a breakdown about
something that happened in the past that I could no longer control. I decided
to finally let go, to free myself from these chains of disappointment, and to
continue facing forward</span>. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Soft rain pitter-pattered on the car
windows. As the Philadelphia cityscape slowly faded away behind us, the
remaining guilt and sorrow in my heart diminished along with it. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">by Rong X., Grade 9</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 35.4pt;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508249632564685212.post-31054109541197186412021-03-25T11:27:00.034-07:002021-04-06T11:43:16.812-07:00March Forward<p> It seems we have had trouble escaping the winter chill this March, but that means it's time to snuggle up to some excellent writing, right?!?</p><p>Enjoy this month's post! </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh59bhzkjS8kf_yJrWvouzkbGIj3gP1Idmr7KLzs9tw_1YJCTVUl2NLZOj1VPQ2eMEGMRxGutGwQK4L2eILFojR-CivnKb9R1ADVlJFKdL3U-B_mJ7a5R_xdMvqbpPUrWwydhcuVqF5VHxD/s800/litmag21march.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="686" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh59bhzkjS8kf_yJrWvouzkbGIj3gP1Idmr7KLzs9tw_1YJCTVUl2NLZOj1VPQ2eMEGMRxGutGwQK4L2eILFojR-CivnKb9R1ADVlJFKdL3U-B_mJ7a5R_xdMvqbpPUrWwydhcuVqF5VHxD/w343-h400/litmag21march.PNG" width="343" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork by Yana R., Grade 9</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Prerequisites to Eating Your Birthday Cake</p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;">In
my family there are three prerequisites to eating your birthday cake: you blow
out your candles, smear your name, and make a wish about something irrelevant
to the world. I wish I could get a Labrador puppy. I wish I could be the queen
of England. I wish my mom would buy me a trampoline to keep in our backyard. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;">My
15<sup>th</sup> birthday that all changed. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;">My
dad is sick upstairs, locked away in his room. My friends are unable to join
the “party”. My brother complains that he prefers chocolate to the creamy
vanilla icing that decorates the smooth vanilla cake. ‘Happy Birthday Calli!’,
it reads in beautiful cursive. All in all, this was a birthday too easy to
remember, yet sometimes I want to forget. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;">When
Covid-19 struck America in early March, nobody expected that in mid-June it
would still be raging; nobody expected hundreds of thousands to die. Yet, here
I am four months later blowing out my birthday candles with a paper plate,
smearing my name with a plastic spoon, and wishing for people to stop dying.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;">I
woke up on June 15<sup>th</sup>, 2020 on the right side of the bed. My golden
birthday! ‘15 on the 15<sup>th</sup>’ I caption my Instagram post. Creative, I
know. I walk down the stairs to sprinkle-covered pancakes and a brother with
presents in hand. My mom stands next to him, a proud smile on her face.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;">“She
didn’t burn the pancakes this time,” Aidan chuckles. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;">“Very
funny,” my mom throws back nonchalantly. Nothing seems off for a moment, but
then my mom’s smile begins to falter a bit. I look around and walk into the
answer of the question I didn’t know I had asked.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;">Aidan
slowly states, “He couldn’t taste his breakfast this morning.” There’s a gaping
dad-sized hole at our kitchen table. Oh no. Everyone knows that losing your
taste and smell are sure signs of Covid-19. Nobody wants someone they love to
catch the virus. Who knows how my dad’s weakened heart will take it? Quickly, I
whip my phone out of my flannel pajama bottoms. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;">“U
feeling okay?” I text my dad. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;">It
takes thirty long seconds for him to respond. Like watching a rocket prepare to
blast off from its sturdy structure, I count down the seconds to a reply.
Houston, do we have a problem? Finally, my phone vibrates in my pocket: “Meh.
I’ll survive. Happy birthday Caj!” Everyone’s spirits rise a bit when we see my
childhood nickname being used. If my dad has the energy to poke fun, then he
must be feeling okay. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;">I
scamper up to my room to change, wearing a blue medical face mask just in case.
I bound back down the stairs in a flash and grip the golden doorknob to the
outside world; quickly, I shove the door open and am bathed in the glow of the
early morning. A flash of color on our typically dark driveway catches my eye.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;">“Happy
Birthday Calli” shouts the chalk. I run down the steps and see my neighbors
lining the driveway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’re an odd
group, ages ranging from 5 to 55, but there’s no one else I’d rather celebrate
with. JJ, my 5-year-old next door neighbor, tutoring trainee, and babysitting burden
runs up to me to do our not-so-secret handshake. At first, I’m excited, but
then I realize what I must do.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;">“Sorry,
not today little man!” I shout as I jump backwards, “My dad’s not feeling too
great so keep six feet away.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;">“But
I only have two feet!” he complains. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><i>I
guess that’s the next unit we need to study...</i> I think to myself.<i> </i>The
three other families around the driveway take an unconscious synchronized step
backward.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;">“Is
your dad alright?” JJ’s mom asks.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;">“He
will be,” I respond. “or now he’s staying locked up.” The mom frowns as she
pulls a card out from behind her back, ‘Happy Birthday’ it reads. I’m starting
to think this birthday might not be so happy. I run back inside for a moment
and slide the buttercream covered birthday cake into my arms. <i>Slow and
steady wins the race. </i>I remind myself. When I step back on to the rainbow
covered driveway a small card table is set up in the center… <i>We used to play
poker right here, using goldfish as our chips… my dad always dealt</i>…
Carefully, I slip the cake onto the table.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My mom and brother, each wearing the dreaded
blue medical mask, walk out the front door. The click of a camera flies into
the air and slowly people begin to sing. “Happy Birthday to you…” they begin,
adding “HAYAH”’s between each line. Nobody ever knows what to do when others
sing happy birthday. Standing over my cake I awkwardly dance and wave in a
circle. JJ does the same, convinced the cake was made just for him. Finally,
the last “HAYAH” arrives and I reach down to smear my name for good luck. My
mom grabs my hand and pushes it away. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;">“Better
safe than sorry,” she says as she hands me a plastic spoon and paper plate. The
spoon doesn’t smear icing as well as my finger, but hopefully it brings the
same amount of luck. I “blow” out the candles by fanning the paper plate: up,
down, up, down. A slow, squeaky noise comes from above our heads and the
neighbors go quiet, looking up towards the window. My dad stares down at us
from behind the window screen in Hershey pajama pants and an oversized
sweatshirt. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;">“Happy
birthd-“ he starts to say before breaking down into a coughing fit. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;">“Thanks
padre. Go get some sleep,” I call up to him.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;">A
second later millions of worries shove themselves into my head<i>: How many
more sailing trips will we go on, trapped in the middle of the sea with waves
crashing down? How many more pens will we steal from the cleaning carts around
The Hotel Hershey? How many more movies will he force me to watch: Dirty
Dancing, JoJo Rabbit, The Polar Express? </i>I pull these thoughts from my
brain and place them into the ever-growing list of things I want to forget.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;">In
my family there <i>were</i> three prerequisites to eating your birthday cake:
you blew out your candles, smeared your name, and made a wish about something
irrelevant to the world. Did blowing out the candles and smearing my name truly
make my wish come true? I’m not sure. All I know is that two weeks later my dad
was finally able to get out of bed, but eight months in the future half a
million Americans are dead and dying. I didn’t get to smear my name, sure. But
they will never again get to eat a cake or make a wish. Who will celebrate
their birthdays?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;">by Calli P., Grade 9</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm1UybpxJALOZXE6N-5gOC07DlCBhtUoKnAl3GTh0uJyWfNx55hK_wMtRgvfeaDBziXuEF8JKqr2misM93x4yEniBmPy9YNH84udJ2fvB_yvFOR8wmFeEfMlJKlUSF0-pgPn2Pr0y9ijtr/s394/litmag+march+2.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="273" data-original-width="394" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm1UybpxJALOZXE6N-5gOC07DlCBhtUoKnAl3GTh0uJyWfNx55hK_wMtRgvfeaDBziXuEF8JKqr2misM93x4yEniBmPy9YNH84udJ2fvB_yvFOR8wmFeEfMlJKlUSF0-pgPn2Pr0y9ijtr/w400-h278/litmag+march+2.PNG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork by Jacob D., Grade 8</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Last month, we published the opening to a play, <i>Pheidippides</i>, written by a group of seventh grade students. Though we do not have ample space to publish the entire play, we did want you to see the intrigue of the concluding scenes, published below. We hope that when Broadway reopens you will have the chance to see <i>Pheidippides </i>live and on stage. </p><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Scene 6</b></div><br />The curtain rises in the deserted agora. There is no one to be seen in the usually busy agora. The wooden stands are abandoned. Pheidippides continues to walk through the streets of the agora.<br /><br />Pheidippides: That is weird. Usually, the agora is buzzing with people. <br /><br />Narrator: Pheidippides spotted a person hurrying through the street. When Pheidippides asked him where everybody was, the man said that everyone was in their houses because the Persians were about to attack. He also said that he was left behind to tell Pheidippides that he needs to go to the battlefield so he can bring the Spartan army with him. So, with all the strength Pheidippides had left, he ran to report to the battlefield. When he got there, Miltiades was waiting.<br /><br />Miltiades: (with a disappointed look on his face) Oh, you’re here.<br /><br />Pheidippides: (Pheidippides out of breath) You sound disappointed.<br /><br />Miltiades: I am not.<br /><br />Pheidippides: Am I too late?<br /><br />Miltiades: Yes, you are. But we won anyway.<br /><br />Pheidippides: So, you are telling me I ran who knows how far, for no reason?!<br /><br />Miltiades: Hmm...let me think... yes you did! Now I need you to run back to Athens and tell them we are victorious.<br /><br />Pheidippides: What? Are you insane!? No. I need a break. <br /><br />Miltiades: You wanted to do this job, so finish it.<br /><br />Narrator: And with that, Pheidippides ran all the way back to Athens to ring the town bell. By ringing that bell, he is telling everyone to meet in the agora.<br /><br />Everyone cautiously walks out of their homes and into the agora.<br /><br />Pheidippides: (now wheezing and clapping) We...are...victorious. (he is starting to cough.)<br /><br />Narrator: And with that, Pheidippides is soon wailing as he passes out and falls. Many people ran to get help, but by the time a doctor got there, Pheidippides, the best runner in Athens, had died.<br /><br />In the background there is Dun-Dun-Dunnnnn. Miltiades gets word of Pheidippides and is the happiest man alive at that moment.<br /><br />Miltiades: (with a smirk and happy tone) Well, that’s the end of him.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Scene 7</b></div><br />The camera cuts to the event of Pheidippides’ funeral, where Miltiades happens to be making a speech. Almost the whole city of Athens is there.<br /><br />Miltiades: (As sad music plays in background) It is so unfortunate that we are gathered here today to grieve over the death of Athens’ own Pheidippides. He was a great friend of mine, and was without a doubt the best runner in Athens! I-<br /><br />Miltiades is cut off by a man who comes running from the street. The music cuts off.<br /><br />Athenian Man: As if you have a right to be speaking like this! Pheidippides was the first to volunteer to run to Sparta, but instead, you ignored him and acted like he didn’t exist. When he was gone, all you did was insult him and say how he would never make it back. Then, when he ran all the way to Marathon to find you, you sent him back HERE to declare a victory. So long story short, this guy would still be alive if it wasn’t for you.<br /><br />The crowd of Athenians nod and mumble in agreement, and Miltiades soon rushes off the platform in embarrassment. The Athenian man rushes up onto the platform.<br /><br />Athenian Man: Pheidippides was one of Athens’ true heroes. Strong, respectful, and willing to do anything for his city. I went to school with him, and all of Miltiades’ tales of him being a “bully” and “dishonorable” are completely untrue. So, everyone, please take some time to pay your respects to the best runner in Athens, and possibly Greece. Pheidippides!<br /><br />The crowd cheers as the curtains closes.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>The End</b></div><p></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p>by "The Burnt Potatoes" including Zara C., Reuben B., Brady C., Emelia O., Michael A., and Katlyn C-Z. </p><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0