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O’Brien, 35: Patrol officer

By Emma Van Lieshout

Walking up and down every street,

Every day – thump, thump, thump

Go my boots.



Walking past the park

Every day – thump, thump, thump

Goes the wino’s stereo.


About My Life

By Brady Barnes

I messed up with my life

Now I get held with a knife

I am out here trying to survive

I’m glad I’m still alive

I sit in JDC

Thinking how my life is going to be

My dad told me I would be aborted

To my mom I was important


Steve Harmon, age 16: Prisoner

By Paige Breyfogle

They say they help,

They ain’t no good.

Ask for food,

Barely get kelp.

I wish I could just be

F r e e


Anthony Witherspoon

By Tori Shephard

Eating my thoughts,

Twisting my mind,

Her shadow passes through,

My words I can’t find.



She looks to me, waiting,

Her eyes pierce my heart,

I know what is coming,

I can’t let it start.


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