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That D*mn Raccoon

January 26, 2010
By IsobelFree DIAMOND, Hamilton, Other
IsobelFree DIAMOND, Hamilton, Other
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Favorite Quote:
"As long as there is open road, the familiar has the most formidable competitor." - Anonymous


Our relationship is like
that raccoon that showed up
when the streetlights turned on
and overturned our garbage cans
to nose through our half-eaten Twinkies
and soggy apple cores.
At first I ignored the annoying things
about the raccoon
and focused on the fact that
I was providing food
for a needy creature.
Once I even put out
a greasy pizza box
so the raccoon could lick it.
But after a while
the d*mn animal got so annoying
that I took to spraying pesticides
all over my garbage
when I rolled it to the end of our driveway.


The author's comments:
We did a writing practice about this, where we had to describe love without being sappy.

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on Feb. 25 2010 at 7:46 pm
IsobelFree DIAMOND, Hamilton, Other
71 articles 20 photos 296 comments

Favorite Quote:
"As long as there is open road, the familiar has the most formidable competitor." - Anonymous

Oh, so THAT'S why this article took, like, 2 months to pend approval! I guess now I know what TeenInk's swearing policy is. :P