2004 School Magazine

137

Creations:Original Works

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> There he stands, the small black boy Separate from the rest,

Sarah Bnstow 90

Dirty clothes, small black feet And a torn and shabby vest, He tries to smile. tries to fit in,

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But everyone elsejust stares at his skin He just wants a friend who understan Someone who doesnt fear Someone who sees him for him, But noone dares go near

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>.- Love epistles, poured into swollen envelopes,

Tides of news, enclosed in cuttings and tales,

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Clipped with care, Spilling with family Reservoir of home culture

inky pages, symbolic love. Emotional porthole to former life, Warm sender scent ingrained in page, Waves of home. gummed and sealed

Scribe, censoring, restoring, Wash of homes stability. Lap of love, Filtering into fissures of being

White parchment parcels plumped with love.

RAG, Let Ferris 10R 2004 Winner: Mary Nexis Macmillan Poetry Prize: Years 9 - I O

Katherine Suilivan 9E