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Quoteable

By Omery Mutalange
issue 6

The woman I most admire in my life is Ruth, the wife of Killion in the bible.


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Quotable

By Ayah Abdul Rauf
issue 6

I'm sittin' on a swing and I'm talking to myself while wearing my chocolate mint licorice peanut butter shoes ...

On a desert thinking about other odd things like yellow flowerpots hidden under the bed of the boy next door.


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I Gotta

By Matthew Guerrero
issue 6

I gotta learn to be good

I gotta learn to do right

I gotta keep my thoughts straight and survive another night.

I have good thoughts & I have bad thoughts.

I gotta empty my brain before it starts to rot.

A life well lived...


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What if the World Had Peace

By Tim Cooke
issue 6

chorus

What if the world had peace,

no one in the world would have to sleep wit a piece,

i need to find inter peace,

the peace that’s inside of me.

we all need peace it’s what provides for thee,


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