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An Ode to My Fallen Lunch

by Jacqueline Hyatt Five minutes in line  And a credit card swipe Of $9.99, my salad was  Easily earned.  Kale and spinach,  Cherry tomatoes,  And dried cranberries  In a capped paper cup  Took a tumble when I tripped In my too-big sandals  And planted a vegetable garden On cement stairs.

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The Bully Inside

by Sean Heflin If there’s one thing Levi Levitt hates more than anything, it’s his best friend, Trish. It’s not that Levi doesn’t hate other things: he hates when the Cleveland Cavs lose, he hates when the cafeteria serves cardboard pizza with mushy tatter tots, he hates listing out what…

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Sea Glass

by Gil Hoy When you’re a bottle 29 years go by fast, Not necessarily so for a little girl. Through Hurricane Hugo The whipping winds The crashing rain The stones that missed You, you survived intact to tell the tale of an 8 year old girl who walked along the…

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Plato and Socrates Inventing Twitter

by David Tuvell You know me, if words hit harder than crack, I’d push them, blow up blocks. Small talk can’t see me. What you’re suggesting, though, there’s no right way to do it. The idea’s like carrying my wallet in the wrong pocket. Sure, to keep a secret, you…

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