she boarded the bus with two jackets and earphone cords leading to some pocket or other. sitting there she could see him watch her, make impressions in his mind with her body. she saw the reckless desperation. it wasn't a surprise when he moved behind her and watched the back of her head. he probably thought he was being slick. the bus was half ( Read more... )

i don't like most of this book, not because it's badly written, but because it's irredeemably depressing. but i am strange and i read things for single lines that i can find here and there that make me completely immersed in a feeling. i should take all the lines and make a poem. but it's too late. i read them out loud and they disappear ( Read more... )

it gets worse at night
she lies there wayting; good life
too many too close

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Story Entry: Personal Testimony

1. Author: Lynna Williams, "Personal Testimony"


2. Narrative: The narrator is a twelve-year old girl describing an experience she is having at a Southern Baptist Church Camp. She has found out that she is adopted. Because of her hatred for her father, she begins writing personal testimonies for other kids. Her cohorts ( Read more... )