The thunderous rain slaps off umbrellas. The rain wet the pristinely cut grass. Most places shut down in the rain, but Arlington is awake. The hum of lawnmowers echo throughout the streets. Trucks fly by carrying dirt to bury another hero. Walking down the long road, we are passed by funeral processions. Black wagons carry […]
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Remembrance by Joyce Wu
The fading sound of passing cars fills our ears. Black sprinkled with white stars West coast the skies. Silence takes over as we see countless benches. Deaths. Lost souls. People. A dead rose sits under a bench. The petals once velvety, Now crisp Not alive, But still beautiful. Some were forgotten, With no flower to […]
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The man bends forward in his rickety chair, elbows leaning heavily on his knees. Eyebrows drooping, closed eyes resting, his worry lined face tells of tougher times, something I can’t begin to understand. But not just his face, his hunger-pang frame clothed in a tattered shirt and ripped pants that didn’t even reach to his […]
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