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#153241voted by our readers
By AlysonM SILVER
Clinton, Iowa

They were all trapped. Like rats in a cage. Only they had hopes. They had dreams. They had plans of leaving. Moving on to bigger and better things. But if they ran, they ra...
AlysonM SILVER, Clinton, Iowa
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#153242 Poetry
By David Morrison BRONZE
Gilmanton, New Hampshire
David Morrison BRONZE, Gilmanton, New Hampshire
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#153243 Poetry
By torilynn400 GOLD
Poughkeepsie, New York
torilynn400 GOLD, Poughkeepsie, New York
10 articles 1 photo 41 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself.&quot;<br /> -President Franklin Delano Roosevelt

#153244 Poetry
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#153245 Poetry
By SRP0930 BRONZE
Princeton, North Carolina
SRP0930 BRONZE, Princeton, North Carolina
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#153246 Poetry
By Joel1 PLATINUM
Millbury, Massachusetts
Joel1 PLATINUM, Millbury, Massachusetts
30 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
If we do not learn from the past then history is doomed to repeat itself...Or, for now we see through a glass darkly

#153247 Poetry
By vballgirl3023 BRONZE
Fort Mill, South Carolina
vballgirl3023 BRONZE, Fort Mill, South Carolina
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&#039;&#039;The block of granite which is an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.&#039;&#039; ~ Thomas Carlyle.

#153248 Poetry
By Darcy152 BRONZE
Saskatoon, Other
Darcy152 BRONZE, Saskatoon, Other
3 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
As long as men die, liberty will never perish.&quot; ~ Charlie Chaplin in The Great Dictator

bs1942 BRONZE, Frontenac, Missouri
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#153250 Poetry
By damnitsjackie SILVER
La Cañada Flintridge, California
damnitsjackie SILVER, La Cañada Flintridge, California
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.