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• Poetry > Free Verse
  The Slaughter at the Grocery Store

  

  By meowvelous, Sylmar, CA

  I do recall most vividly The day I went to the grocery store Only to learn, most depressingly, That the credibility of the vegetables was no more. I’d witnessed with my eyes so hauntingly The produce spilled out in gore The carrots, the corn, the celery All possessed remnants spilled on th...
• Nonfiction > Memoir
  Mi Cara

  

  By meowvelous, Sylmar, CA

  I’m average with a hint of pretty and I know it. There’s no getting around it. I’m staring at myself in the mirror. My espresso brown hair is pulled back from my face into a messy bun. It didn’t go easily. My hair, much like myself, refuses to conform and is stubborn and impossible. The bang...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Failures of the Crayola Test

  

  By meowvelous, Sylmar, CA

  Has your mind ever possessed Thoughts about the odd colors that didn't pass the Crayola test Colors that didn't quite make it into coloring pens Colors that aren't quite with the coloring trends Colors such as bleu cheese blue Fire hydrant yellow and rose thorn green too Cookie ...
• Opinion > Current Events / Politics
  IS Mcdonald's Really to Blame for Obesity in America?

  

  By meowvelous, Sylmar, CA

  We’ve all heard it, whether it be through a friend, the news, or in the newspaper. Lawsuits being filed against McDonald’s for the cause of obesity in the accuser or their family. In August 2002 two different parents of two different girls both living in the Bronx sued McDonald’s for the obesi...