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~~~~~~_g~A~' A Waterways ProjectPublication

Akira

NesfieldRichard Spiegel

Barbara Fishercodirectors

Thomas Perryadministrative assistant

Barbara Korngut, Teacher

Madeline LumachiPrincipal

Bridges to Brooklyn

Stephen E. PhillipsSuperintendent

Alternative High Schools & Programs

I997 Ten Penny Players

with funding support fromthe NY State Council on the Arts

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Wishes

I wish this world was drawn in pencil,so I could erase all the hate and pain,and the color of your skin would be thecolor of my skin, and love wouldpour down like rain.

I wish all people were color blindto the color of peoples' skin.in order to make a perfect world,this is where we must begin.

I wish the people would stopall

the killingbecause the world around us mil die.But what is the use of these wishesif people do not try.

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Hope

Hope, what is it?Do we use it?

Or do we abuse it?

Hope is there when you

need a friend.

Hope is there when aproblem comes to an end.

Will we respect itor disrespect it.

Hope,is just what we need.

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Nightmare

Nightmares,they come duringthe night to giveyou a cold fright.They scare you,I dare you.

They challenge youto get through itNightmares can giveyou a scare, they cando it anywhere.

Do you get it.Good now don'teven sweat it.

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Sky

The sky is the mostfunny thing I haveever seen.In the day it looks like abig blue pool with cloudsthat look like hugemarshmallows anda huge lemon shining bright.

At night it lookslike a jar ofblackberry molasses

with bright yellow starsshaped sprinklesand a huge light bulbturned on so we can see.

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Love

love is heavier

than an anchordeeper than the sea,brighter than the sunthat shines over you and me.

The fragrance is strongerthan a rose only one knows.I 's wider than the ocean,you'll love the beautifulsound and motionL-o-v-e that's what it is.

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Life

Life is like a traffic jam,something or someoneis always holding you up.I t is never greenwhen you want to go.It's never red whenyou want to stop.It is alw-aysyellowwhen you're tryingto go faster

Why is that?

It's just life.

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The Use

What is the use of living

if someone is alwaystrying to take your life away?

What is the use of schoolif people want to drop outor don't like it anyway?

What is the use of havingpolice and priests if youcan't even trust them?

What is the use of role modelsif they end up turningyou down anyway?

What is the use of this poemif people do not understand it?Wha t is the use?

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I wonder

My father left me at

the age of nineand I wonder why?

What did I do?Did he leave because of me?

I wonder why?

Why doesn't he love me anymore?Or do I not exist?I just wonder why?

Will I ever have a father again?Or will someone ever take the roleof playing my father?I wonder?

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Friends

I just call you to say, "Hi."Maybe I'd even call to hear you cry.You alwaysmake me laughWhen I'm feelin' blue.All heavy situations youhelp pull me through.

I wrote this poem to let you knowHow much I want my affectionsTo show."I love you," as a sister andA friend 'til the end.

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ing Yang Man

Yes he does fight when

he feels like.

Yes he would curse youout in a second, he is

considered evil.

But doesn't he hurtwhen he is heartbroken

Doesn't he tremble

when he's cold.

Is he human or isn't

he human?

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