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  Birds of the Briars

  

  By Believebeluga, Johns Creek, GA

  I’m sure I make a sight right now. Red scratches crisscrossing the bared skin of my arms, legs and face- wounds of war from my struggle through a bramble patch. There are thorns still embedded in my clothing- ripped out like a bee’s stinger from the angry limbs I marched through- and my hair is ...
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  Growth

  

  By Believebeluga, Johns Creek, GA

  As a volunteer at a zoological facility, I hear a great deal of things from visitors. Things that excite me, things that bring me joy, things that make me laugh. I hear from adults that I am passionate, that I really explained things in an interactive and interesting way. I hear from kids my age tha...
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  Believing in Belugas

  

  By Believebeluga, Johns Creek, GA

  In an ideal world, this beluga would not be here, gazing at me with his wise, dark eyes – eyes that are hauntingly similar to mine. In that world, this beluga would be swimming in the blue infinity of the Arctic seas, not this 800,000-gallon tank. In an ideal world, his oceans would be clean and h...