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  Wild Child

  

  By LauraWind, Cream Ridge, NJ

  My problem is a bit serious. I am in love with cities I’ve never been to, and people I’ve never met. My heart is out at sea, where I’m all alone and no one can bother me. I like fruit I’ve never tasted and melodies I’ve never heard. My problem is that I like to swim with shar...
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  Postcards

  

  By LauraWind, Cream Ridge, NJ

  I haven’t slept very well since the last time we talked. The sky suddenly seem less fascinating, the air is no longer fresh, my eyes no longer twinkle, I have trouble getting up in the morning. The text messages on my phone with your sweet words no longer sing me to sleep, instead, the a...
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  Mind Puzzles

  

  By LauraWind, Cream Ridge, NJ

  I was a genius because I knew that inside a TV lived a village of exponents and marching numbers that advanced inside the maze of a magnetic field, time and time again. The numbers, originally bundled with variables, were laid out before us like nails in an old man's workshop. We were trapp...
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  Abuelita

  

  By LauraWind, Cream Ridge, NJ

  The thud of the car door still echoes in my traumatized brain. Shiny, white tiles feel no pain at the steps of my feet. Lying on white sheets, there is a little body fragile and cold, thin and paint brushed with wrinkles. Though her body is weakened and her joints look tired all my wounded ...