What a thing we take for granted!...

“Nope” I said. Eve looked at me desperately. “Please Mari? Harry is a great guy!” “Uh huh” I said. I don’t even bother with these blind dates anymore! Evelenne or as everyone called her, Eve, was always matching me up with stupid people! The first guy was a literal CLOWN! Now she wants to match me up with Harry Seamister. He really sounds weird. But, I’ll go with him for Eve….

“Hi.” Says Harry as...

Winning a week-long sunny vacation couldn’t have come at a better time;it almost seemed to good to be true… I entered a raffle for a week in a mansion at the beach. I knew I wouldn’t win! But…..3 weeks later I got a call from CheepzSweepz.com. I picked up and suddenly I heard,”CONGRATULATIONS TO CECILIA MOON FOR WINNING OUR SWEEPSTAKE!!” I squealed and said,”OMG REALLY?!” “Yes! Pack your bags Ceci...

I sing the last note of song,then bow and head offstage. Everyone claps. I’m not surprised. The judges of Little Miss New York all smile. I know I’ll win. I get the gold in everything. Soccer,Art,Ballet,Gymnastics,Track,Hip Hop, Jazz,Singing, and now,pageants! I really don’t have any competition here. I mean,not to brag, but I have blonde hair,blue eyes,and fair skin. No one here has ALL of those ...

When the teacher snaps,”Be quiet” it is to much to ask. I just crack up....

I come up to the grassy field. My shovel scrapes the ground. This is where I buried my time capsule. I dig a deep hole and finally, I hit something hard. I drop to my knees and pull out the wood box. I open the lid.

First, I pull out a scrap of rusty metal. When I was 8 we sold our house. Right as we left the house,I ripped a piece of metal from our shed. I swore I’d always keep it. I lied.

Seco...

Sleeping in our beds

Only one thing is in our heads

Dreams

They can be bad

They can be good

Dreams

A peculiar thing they are indeed

They will plant a tiny seed

It will grow and suddenly

It is all becoming so real...

Ahhh

I ate some turkey

Some stuffing

Some bread

Ate so much

I can’t feel it if I poke myself with led!

Oh what a meal

Cranberry sauce

And gravy

Wait Gramma is walking out of the kitchen

It’s time for dessert?!...

“No Way!” Said Gramma. “I refuse to believe this!” “Yes Gramma! Cable is not free!” I said. “In my day,there was one channel! And it was free!” My grandma had just moved in. We had just gotten an alert on out TV that we needed to renew our cable bill. Apparently “In her day” you payed for the TV and watched one channel. “Gramma! Give me my wallet! I need to pay!” “No! We don’t need all these fancy...

Tomorrow I say

I’ll clean my room

It’ll be squeaky clean

But when tomorrow comes

A rule of thumb

Is to leave so unclean

Mom shouts at me

While I continue to be

Totally uncaring

I mean it’s my room

I like it this way

That is what I say

But in truth Ugh it’s annoying

Eventually

Someday

In this lifetime

I will clean my room

I’ll pick up the pen

The lipgloss bottles too

And oh my gosh

That roo...