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  This Unintended Pain

  

  By hallchin426, Park Ridge, IL

  Boy meets girl. Girl silently pleads for a ride home. Boy comes to the rescue. They find out they live three blocks away from each other. And then they become friends. This is the story of a senior and a sophomore. This is the story of Him and Me. But this isn't going where you think it is. And...
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  Breaking Free of the Cookie Cutter Mold

  

  By hallchin426, Park Ridge, IL

  We all know what bullying is. Calling someone names, public humiliation, the head cheerleader leading a campaign to destroy the self-esteem of every unpopular girl. Come on, I go to a privileged public high school with an almost entirely white student body where we promote this cultural phenomenon c...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  The Tragedy of Good-bye

  

  By hallchin426, Park Ridge, IL

  There’s something sad. There’s something gone. There’s something about good-bye. There’s something that starts with Change Like the river Change like the flood. Cleansing, Rushing, Transforming, Foreign, Fearful, Pure. Change like my days Slipping through my fingers. The s...