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  Form is Emptiness

  

  By Bryn03, Plattsburgh, NY

  Form is emptiness; emptiness is form. Atoms; compact and unbroken. The base of all forms, all matter, even ourselves. Yet, they are as unfilled as the great wide void of space. Neutrons, protons; Forming a dense cluster, like a cake that will not rise. Around this, showers of electrons orbi...
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  The Faces of Poverty

  

  By Bryn03, Plattsburgh, NY

  I have always known what poverty looks like. In my rural hometown, I have seen homeless men on the street cocooned amidst all their worldly possessions. I recall my mother, always empathetic, driving home from the bank on a payday and stopping to give a stranger money – even though it meant that I...