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  3D Googles

  

  By aschneider, ny, NY

  In 7th grade, Cheever’s The Swimmer introduced me to the world of short stories. In the following month, I read the story about 17 times. I can still remember Neddy flying down his wooden banister and being snubbed by the bartender at Grace Biswanger’s pool. Whenever I fly into JFK airport, I ca...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Left Alone

  

  By aschneider, ny, NY

  Mascara paints eyes black but gets under finger tips when wiping away tears. I scrubbed with water forgetting there was soap on the counter. Blue and green fell down face as eye shadow became clown paint and tie die. I looked ugly. My feet hurt so I sat down and turned off my cell ...
• Fiction > All Fiction
  Unicorns Aren't Just Imaginary

  

  By aschneider, ny, NY

  A poster hangs on the wall – Monet’s water lilies. Water has stained some of the lilies – blurring them more than they previously were. Hannah used tacks to hang it to the wall instead of tape because she was nervous the green paint would rip off the walls like the bark of the paper birch out...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  Blue and Red Can't Make Purple

  

  By aschneider, ny, NY

  Foul. See that word? See how it has two meanings: to foul someone in a game of Frisbee and to be foul. Nobody likes being foul. It's unpleasant to say and rhymes with all of these unpleasant words. Actually, the more I think about it what does it rhyme with? Cowl, Chowl, Lowl, Owl, Moul. Oh wait,...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  This Poem Will Satirize Poems

  

  By aschneider, ny, NY

  An Apple (notice the capitalization It's important (That line break was too) And the reference to Adam and Eve) Sidles and slouches in a wrinkled cluttered place (the line is Cluttered and there is an alliteration also I am vague) Mold creeps, With personification, On our old app...