In Search of a Song Volume 372

8/6/2019 In Search of a Song Volume 372

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JessicaMorales

AWaterways ProjectPublication

Richard SpiegelBarbara FishercodirectorsThomas Perry

administrative assistant

Olga EconomosTeacher

East Brooklyn Congregations Schoolfor Public Service in East N e:w York

Genevieve Ric hard s-WrightPrincipal

Stephen E. Phillipssuperin ten dent

Alternative High Schools &ProgramsI997 Ten Penny Playerswith funding support fromthe KY State Council on the Arts


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] dedicate this book to my friendsand family. Thanks for being therewhen I needed you. I also dedicatethis book to my cousin, Iris and mygrandmother.How You Make Me Feel

I feel blue when I'm not with you,but when I'm with you I feellike I can't live without you.You make me feel like I'm specialeven though you're better than me.I try to get your attention, but youignore me like I'm not there.Is it so hard for you to see meor be with me?Maybe you hate being around me.Tell me now, don't play me like a fool,because let me tell yousomething, you're not that cool.

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The Girls That I KnowThere's this girl who I knowwho goes out with every boyShe kisses her boy friends on the first dateEven though they don't want her as a mateThere's this girl who I knowwho has big thick eyebrowsshe thinks she looks flybut she can't get a guy.There's this girl who I knowshe shakes her body like a hookeron a cornerbut she's not worth more than a quarterThere's this girl who I knowshe's mad cooleven though she fell in a pool.

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Homage to your ....Homage to your eyeshow they shine in the light,your cheeks when they start blushing,your brain for it being so bright.Homage to your lipshow they move when theysay I love you,your ears how they always hear,your heart for letting you live year by year.Homage to your body for it being fit,your fingers how they feel so soft,your butt how it sits.

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Best FriendsYou met them somewhere out of the blueYou have so much in common likeYou knew them all your lifeNow you meet new friends

and even boyfriendsBut you still stay together like glue.Best friends can get real close like familyYou see them early in the day to

the beginning of the night.You talk about your problems

on the telephoneThey help you find a solution and theymake you feel all right.

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'When We DieWhen we die we leave our family and friendswhom we loved and cared for all our lives.When we die we can't live any longer.Our souls leave our body and we becomejust a regular dead person.People start to remember memories. Theyremember the good times and bad times.When we die our families remember andtell all types of stories.Our families miss us and grieve for a while.People go to the funeral to say theirfinal good bye.There would never be a time againh "H'I" h diat we can say 1. w en we ie.

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MemoriesMemories are things that happen to youThey can be either good or bad or even bothbut you still remember them because they'repart of your pastI remember some of the friendsI used to knowthings we used to doand things we used to sayI had so much fun back in those days..Memories need to be held on toso you can learnfrom themDon't forget themas soon as you remember themWhat I'm trying to say is memories arepart of our life, without themwe can't live another day.

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Your ManHe was there when you needed moneyalso when you needed lovehe bought you chocolates with honeyand he loved you more than theclouds above.He was with you more than a yearand was thereeveryday of your lifeeven when you needed to shed a tearwhen he left you for that girl that becamehis wife,


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"What Should I Do?He told me he loved meand that he would always be there.So I look for rum now and I wonderwhere is he?Didn't he give me his word that he wouldalways be there for me?So what happened?\Vhy doesn't he come to see me anymoreor at least call anymore?So what should I do about this?Should I forget about the promisehe made me which I kept?Or should I keep on trying for rum to loveme back again?IfI forget about this promise wouldn'tI just be like him?I t would just then be words that we saidto each other, but I thoughtwhen someone says

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Things Always Mess Up!Whenever I'm 'Withhim or around himsomething happens.Either someone breaks upor Ialmost get in a fight.Even though we were so tightnow Iwant him out of my sight.He's funny and has green eyesthat you could justfall in love with.~Then he did those things that hurt myfriend Iforgot about himand put those memoriesaside.Kow I still see him, but I act like I don'tknow him and he does the same.I still think about what he did wheneversomeone mentions his name.That was a time when he was on my mindbut now that he's out of sightI'm going to be all right.

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Ms. EconomosShe's one of he best teachers in EBCShe's always there when you need someone.You don't have to believe mejust come to EBCand you will see.In Ms. Economos class we have a lot of fun."\X,e read stories and do a lot of projects."\X'henevershe notices we're having fun hereyes brighten up like the sun.Ms. Economos is like one of the girls, we telleach other our secrets and we joke around.Sometimes she even has bad hair days.Sowe know she's not perfect,but in her own wayshe is to us.lv1s. Economos will alwaysbeone of the best teachers in EBC.

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