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This morning every thing was going good. I
got up having a feeling that I was going to be the best army man
in the world. I mean, I have the hardest heart that no one
can break, no feelings, like a baseball. I’m going to
kill all the men that get in my way. So me and the rest of
the men are riding out into the battle field and these men are going
down. There was a guy sitting by me talking about his family,
he was small man, very kind and would not hurt a fly. Too bad
he was forced here to fight. Why do I care, I don’t even
know him, but look at me now. I am laying here with bullets
in my ribs, severe bleeding, why am I dying for him? I feel
like … my life is over. I see lights in my eyes and
I’m hearing noises. It’s over, he’s gone.
James Smith, Riverside Middle School |
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Logan’s flying through the air
like a brand new football. Then a sound that sounds of a person
falling on concrete. I can remember it well, it is passing
through my head again and again. I think it was worst on me
to see that not even his mother who was standing right next to me
feels as me. The only reason is that I myself killed me. Because
we were partners in crime. We used to kill people all the time. I
never cared – none of those deaths were different, all shot
with the same gun by the same person. It’s not different
because he and I were friends. It’s different because
not one person was hurt, not only him, he and his family on the street. Screams
of terror from every direction. And the way he died was different. It
was fast, too fast to think, too fast to breathe, everything freezes.
“Lil Press,” Riverside
Middle School |
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