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Teen Ink Magazine, September 2001 : Nonfiction Articles

A Dance Among the Clouds You keep me tightly wound around your wrist Likethe string to a child's new balloon So determined not to allow me to soar tothe clouds I wriggle and writhe against my restraints Pulling, stretching,straining ... Continue...	A Shadow's Conversation This selection can be found in Teen Ink Love andRelationships, the fourth in the Teen Ink book series, all available inbookstores nationwide and online ... Continue...
Biker Babe The indigo sky exploding with suddenly minusculeballoons, a wave-like huzzah ran through the crowd. The faces above us - old,young, with early June tans, with Snow White complexions - all lost their tensevigil and sprang into Gumby-like calisthenics ... Continue...	Blind Rolling out of bed seemed easy. I woke with a hugesmile on my face for the first time in months, and I wasn't going to let anyoneruin my good mood - or so I thought ... Continue...
Brandon As he lay silent and still, the feeding pump slowlydripped into his small, frail body. It looked as though he was dead, but thereadings reminded us that he was technically alive ... Continue...	Dandelions and Leaves The brown leaves made me feel guilty. They wereugly and dead and they crinkled into wisps of nothing in my hand, but I felt badfor them. No one ever wanted to pick them ... Continue...
Dumber - I Mean Summer - Jobs Ever since I was little, I have loved horses. Mychildhood was spent galloping around the backyard, dreaming of the day when Imight own my own horse. I loved to ride and brush horses, and I didn't even mindcleaning up after them ... Continue...	Growing Pains "Now remember what I told you," myfather said, stepping out of the truck. "Yeah," I responded withthe slightest hint of sarcasm. "Whatever, Dad." I saw itbeckoning me, calling my name. I stood in awe of what was before me .. ... Continue...
Lost on Horseback We had spent the entire summer riding our horsesacross our ranch. My brother and I had explored the valley, and felt we knewevery inch of every trail within any reasonable, and sometimes unreasonable,distance, until that night ... Continue...	My Eighteenth Birthday I peered into the clear blue sky and thought ofnothing in particular. The smell of morning grass was a sweet perfume. I waslying on my back under the shade of a glorious, ancient oak that seemed to testthe fate of time ... Continue...
My Story I would like to be able to say I lived a normallife like any other kid, but unfortunately, I can't. I moved in with my father atthe age of seven when I had some disagreements with my mother and decided I likedmy father better ... Continue...	Paper or Plastic "Where the hell is mybag?" "What?" "I had four bags, and now I onlyhave three. What did you do with it?" ... Continue...
Responsibility Responsibility is a word that most teenagers laughat. I know I did. Having responsibilities is the last thing a kid wants to worryabout, but the day I became lifeguard was the day I learned what trueresponsibility was ... Continue...	Riding the Ambulance I'm eating dinner with a few others when the tonesgo off, transforming the EMS building into a giant synthesizer. The TV shows doget that part right. Lights turn on, illuminating the three white monsters thatsleep inside the building ... Continue...
Sick, Twisted Life Here today, gone tomorrow Is how my pathetic lifeseems to work Growing up in an abusive household Beatings in the day, Tearsin the night Eight years later I finally get a break ... Continue...	Sins of the Father This selection can be found in Teen Ink Love andRelationships, the fourth in the Teen Ink book series, all available inbookstores nationwide and online ... Continue...
The End of the World I was practically a junior, halfway through high schooland ready to enjoy the privileges of being an upperclassman. No more losing choirsolos to upperclassmen who couldn't sing ... Continue...	What I Really Think "How areyou?" "Good." (oh, god, that was the falsest of blatant lies ... Continue...

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