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  The Commercial Break

  By Maurice G., Wilmington, DE

  If we were caught of guard In the middle of the day You know, sort of like A modern day version of Pompeii And the ashes were lifted From our cities and streets Do you think they would find The meaningless things? Music of no value And tabloids of untruth The lying politician On the p...
• Reviews > Movie Reviews
  This Film Is Not Yet Rated

  By Maurice G., Wilmington, DE

  NC-17 is to film directors as the boogeyman is to children. It’s also the rating the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) gives to films containing “any element that most parents would consider too strong and therefore off-limits for viewing by their children.” But one question remains...
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  Got Junk Mail?

  By Maurice G., Wilmington, DE

  Do you get a lot of junk mail? And no, I don't mean the spam in your Hotmail and Gmail accounts but good, old stamped and sealed “snail” mail. I never used to pay attention to anything not addressed to me. I often sifted through the many envelopes destined for the trash, but I never thought a...
• Fiction > All Fiction
  The Lone Wolf

  By Maurice G., Wilmington, DE

  Edgar, the wolf that was all lined up to be alpha male. That’s what everyone in the pack knew me as. They also knew my younger brother Setzer, he looked up to me, and I did my best to be the best big brother around. I always tried to teach him wrong from right, and to help him be the finest wolf h...
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  M.A.D (Mutual Assured Destruction)

  By Maurice G., Wilmington, DE

  You never thought you'd see the day They thought it’d never come The White House say’s it’s nothing But you were never dumb You walk outside To amber skies, misty eyes A thousand tears, a million cries Pandemonium in Manhattan Mayhem in L.A There’s nothing you can do now So you beg...
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  Elephant

  By Maurice G., Wilmington, DE

  The title of Gus Van Sant’s 2003 drama, “Elephant,” refers to the phrase “elephant in the room,” or a serious issue that people refuse to acknowledge and resolve. The issue here is violence in American schools. The film trails several high school students as they go through a seemingly...
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  Blue Skies

  By Maurice G., Wilmington, DE