All Nonfiction
- Bullying
- Books
- Academic
- Author Interviews
- Celebrity interviews
- College Articles
- College Essays
- Educator of the Year
- Heroes
- Interviews
- Memoir
- Personal Experience
- Sports
- Travel & Culture
All Opinions
- Bullying
- Current Events / Politics
- Discrimination
- Drugs / Alcohol / Smoking
- Entertainment / Celebrities
- Environment
- Love / Relationships
- Movies / Music / TV
- Pop Culture / Trends
- School / College
- Social Issues / Civics
- Spirituality / Religion
- Sports / Hobbies
All Hot Topics
- Bullying
- Community Service
- Environment
- Health
- Letters to the Editor
- Pride & Prejudice
- What Matters
- Back
Summer Guide
- Program Links
- Program Reviews
- Back
College Guide
- College Links
- College Reviews
- College Essays
- College Articles
- Back
What the little people say
Ringring! Ringring!
goes the phone.
“Hello,”
she says.
“Yes, this is her,”
she responds to the murmur.
Her expression turns
to a face of disappointment.
“Ok. Bye,”
she hangs up.
She goes to their room.
He starts to shout.
BANGS on the walls.
I crawl to the corner
and hold my legs tightly.
The next day I ask if I can buy paper
for extra credit.
He nods his head no.
“I want you to give up studying.
I want you to help your mother and
start looking for a job to pay these bills,”
he retorts.
I storm to my room and cry.
“Why not you?
Why don’t you go to Wal-Mart
and get a job there?
Haven’t you tried McDonalds,
you old ***?!”
I shout in my head.
It’s not fair.
Did I choose to live?
Did I want to move to a bigger house?
Did I want the expensive heater?
I had no word for that like I have no word for this…
It sucks to have no power.
Similar Articles
JOIN THE DISCUSSION
This article has 1 comment.