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The Smell of Death
By addie-nevins BRONZE
Maplewood, Missouri

You might’ve listened as someone described the smell of a dead possum on a movie you were watching, or maybe you’ve been to an old person’s home and walked in and...
addie-nevins BRONZE, Maplewood, Missouri
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#152 Nonfiction
Invisible Illnesses
By mariafallouh BRONZE
Lambertville, Michigan
mariafallouh BRONZE, Lambertville, Michigan
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#153 Nonfiction
From the Roof of Cabin Nine
By DanaJae SILVER
Highland Park, Illinois
DanaJae SILVER, Highland Park, Illinois
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Favorite Quote:
But we were born of risen apes, not fallen angels, and the apes were armed killers besides. And so what shall we wonder at? Our murders and massacres and missiles, and our irreconcilable regiments? Or our treaties whatever they may be worth; our symphonies however seldom they may be played; our peaceful acres, however frequently they may be converted into battlefields; our dreams however rarely they may be accomplished. The miracle of man is not how far he has sunk but how magnificently he has risen. We are known among the stars by our poems, not our corpses.

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#154 Nonfiction
Awareness
By Anonymous
#155 Nonfiction
How Dachau Changed My Perception of Freedom
By Anonymous
#156 Nonfiction
Faces
By Josephine Liu BRONZE
Walnut, California
Josephine Liu BRONZE, Walnut, California
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#157 Nonfiction
Goodbye
By Rhiannon_4 DIAMOND
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Rhiannon_4 DIAMOND, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
62 articles 87 photos 200 comments

Favorite Quote:
If you chase two rabbits, you will lose them both. <br /> - Native American proverb<br /> <br /> Do not go gentle into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light.<br /> - Dylan Thomas<br /> <br /> What is past is past -- it is the present and the future that concern us.<br /> - Hiawatha, founder of the Iroquois Confederacy

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#158 Nonfiction
My Brother's Voice
By elo_a22 GOLD
Hartland, Wisconsin
elo_a22 GOLD, Hartland, Wisconsin
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#159 Nonfiction
Piano
By 22ad02 SILVER
Cannon Falls, Minnesota
22ad02 SILVER, Cannon Falls, Minnesota
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#160 Nonfiction
Roaming the mall
By ladyweezz BRONZE
Sacramento, California
ladyweezz BRONZE, Sacramento, California
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Favorite Quote:
Wasted time is worse than wasted money

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