Vision+Voice

Cube of rot
Nothing good to eat
Evil men everywhere
No friends to greet

Too much work
Too much pain
Like a coin
Falling down a drain

Orange suit
Orange pant
Nothing but labor
I just can’t

Longing to leave
Lots of hope
Will be a free bird again
After I surpass this slippery slope

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Walsh middle school

6

I slither my stringy hands
Over and around you,
Sleeping blissfully in bed

My fingers slip over your mouth and neck
You wake
Glass shatters

A blood curdling scream erupts from your neck
Your face is scrunched up like a used towel
A river of tears soaks your shirt

I realize my sins as I see you scream
I apologize
Forgive me

Our eyes meet;
You tremble,
I tremble

My dark, black mass comes from under the bed
I slowly turn into light, glowing
I am done striking fear in your heart

I am the sun now
I will protect you,
Even if I’m not forgiven

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Gorzycki Middle School

7

The life of the party he never stops
He runs and plays no worries ever
Always ready to play,play,play
Always the highlight of my day

Hudson the one who loves getting scratched
Who kicks his leg in a loving way
The one to always comfort me
The one who has always loved me

Hudson the one who guards our door
The one who will never get ignored
The one who is always there
The one who Loves me so
The one who is never slow
Hudson the greatest dog never a sleepy log
I love you

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Gorzycki Middle School

7

I keep going
I keep going up and up and up
One step after the other I keep going
I will never give up on the staircase of life

I dodge a missing tile
L
E
A
P
over a hole, meant to stop and trip me

I keep on going
I keep on ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuning
I keep on going as hard as I can on the
S
R
I
A
T
S of life.

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Gorzycki Middle School

7

The sun shines brighter when she is around
The stars GLOW more vibrant colors when she is near
The world stops
Just to see her smile
Because her smile is enough to make your heart beat faster
When she is around you forget about all of your worries and stop to take in every little thing because she taught you how to because she showed you comfort in the dark when everyone else turned their backs on you
But when she is gone
The world will be cold
The sun will not show
Every second without her feels like an H O U R
Sun Moon
She was the ‘And’ Of your world
But she had to leave because she loved you too much
She was everything and without her you are nothing
You are E M P T Y
But you know things are better this way
Even though she didn’t know
How hard it was
To
Let
Her
Go

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Gorzycki Middle School

7

Dear little brother
When you wake up tomorrow
Things will change
You will be in middle school
But it might be hard
You might lose friends
You might make friends forever
You might get bullied and
Break down like the tip of your pencil
One day you might come home thinking
Your life is over, but that’s not true so
When you get home that day
You must, must, MUST
Not forget the we are here for you
Little Brother

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Gorzycki Middle School

7

Losing you was like losing my life,
The fur was so soft on my hands.
You hurting, caused me a lot of strife,
I remember all our memories together, like playing in the sands.
Oh, how I miss you so much it is rough,
Your ball lays in the backyard useless.
The bed you used to sleep on has no more fluff.
I can see that face of yours, filled with cuteness!
Love is in my heart for you,
I hope you enjoy it up there!
When I first got you, you would like to chew,
And that day you found your favorite chair!
Hearing your bark in my head still,
I see you sitting there, hopeless but chill.
I sob, just thinking about your death,
In the vet, I saw you take your
L
A
S
T
breath.

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Gorzycki

7

I was once on a boat,
in a huge moat,
of incredible size,
of which I had to analyze.

The boat was sinking,
so I was thinking
about help,
maybe I could yelp,
or maybe throw kelp.

But then I realized that
my most prized hat
was on board,
in my mini-fjord.

All sent lost
so I had to keep my fingers crossed,
that someone might help me,
and I would say “Yippee!”
But I popped a drink mediocre
and thought that my life would soon be over,
I had my Mom’s lucky clover
and remembered what brought me joy,
I thought of my town of Croix,
my dog, Mr. Buoy,
and my good friend, Alloy.

But then I woke up,
and was holding a cup
of coffee
and a bar of toffee.
I looked around
and this I found,
the TV was on,
the newsman John,
was covering
a very strange appearing,
that a boat
was sinking in the 5 mile wide moat.

A helicopter with a camera
with a newsperson named Amrah.
They showed my sinking boat
in the stupidly large moat.
They did a close-up
and saw me face-up
laying down
and the whole town
gasped with horror
that I the explorer
was dead.

The news spread
like wildfire,
and I thought that I should have had a drier
death.
My body was recovered by my friend Macbeth.
I looked at myself
and the shelf
for a mirror
and as I got nearer
I was in for a surprise.

One that is unwise
to tell,

I think I’m unwell.

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Gorzycki Middle School

7