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I will never understand

            I think, therefore I                                           By Monica Gupta, COMP student
            Am a being of my own                                           Small hands

            Aspiring for more                                              Small feet.
                                                                           Small eyes watching
            By Kelsey Wong, COMP student
                                                                           Big guns
                                                                           Run
                                                                           By small minds.
                                                                           Fear
                                                                           Fear
                                                                           Fear
                                                                           Fear
                                                                           Where will we go? What will we do?

                                                                           Why stay? Papa, let’s go
                                                                           From this place where
                                                                           People mow each other down
                                                                           Like grass, or Mama’s petunias.

                                                                           Don’t we all agree that flowers
                                                                           Are beautiful?
                                                                           Can’t they understand that
                                                                           Humans are just

                                                                           Petals
                                                                           That live a little longer
                                                                           Are a little more fragrant
                                                                           And Infinitely more
                                                                           Loved?





























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