Violence: The Youth’s First Drug

Imagine: In a quiet suburban neighborhood, it is 10:30 at night on a Saturday. Not a

single body is on the street. Weird? Not really. Acc... Read More

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Shot to the Heart

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No consequences? Sounds like a trick question. I’m tempted to say that I’d commit a crime—a murder perhaps—but then again, if there were no consequences, that means no matter what “evil” thing I did, someone out there could conjure up the same vendetta against me. So, in fact, there really couldn’t be a world without consequences because everything a person does affects another individual. Dahmer, for example, was a man who didn’t b... Read More

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'“I’m pregnant and I want to keep it,” she says quietly. I sit up in my seat and turn down  the radio, fading out the jazzy hip-hop music that—only moments ago—was causing the car windows to vibrate a little. I don’t know what to think. I mean maybe if she was my girlfriend or even a girl who went to my school, then the situation would be a little less awkward. But she’s none of these things. She’s what society would call a  hooker. Uh-huh, a hooker.... Read More

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Verse One:

Could you or did you give up your dreams?

Remember back when you were a teen?

Sex and love were the coolest things.

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