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  "The Brightest Star Who Thought She Was The Dullest"

  

  By SmartMoron, Aurora, CO

  You're beautiful. Just plain gorgeous. And everyone can see it. You've always blazed the very brightest. Just because the figure in the mirror tells you differently, doesn't make it true. You say you want to disappear. You ASSURE me that you won't be missed. But if...
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  "Red"

  

  By SmartMoron, Aurora, CO

  His hands...were like fire. The marks across her face like the burn. She hadn't so much as uttered a single word And yet felt the sounds of an impenetrable scream. Deep inside her There was a storm, But her little boat kept upright Every time he said... Those three little words That ma...
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  Along The Ice

  

  By SmartMoron, Aurora, CO

  We travel along the ice, Walking, hand in hand, But this love is not true, It’s like this frozen tundra, this barren land. You are kind, and sweet, and loving, And I care for you so, But you and I, we do not go together, I want to leave you, to go. I feel this pain in my heart, Becaus...
• Opinion > School / College
  Be Who You Are

  

  By SmartMoron, Aurora, CO

  When was the last time you acted like someone else, someone different so that you wouldn’t be disliked? I have an inclination that the answer to that is in the “sooner than I thought” category, and I don’t like it. Like most of you, I used to think that it was okay to chan...
• Opinion > School / College
  Do Teachers Get Paid Enough?

  

  By SmartMoron, Aurora, CO

  Many people make fun of teachers for several reasons, only one of which I will say here: they don’t make enough money. Is it a teacher’s job to get rich, or make tons of money? No, it’s not. It’s a teacher’s job to give the gift of knowledge to their students, to rep...