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A Waterways ProjectPublication

Richard SpiegelBarbara Fishercodirecrors

Thomas Perryadministrative assistant

Miriam LockTeacher

East Brooklyn Congregations Schoolfor Public Service in Bushwick

Shirley Edwards

Principal

Stephen E. Phillipssuperintendent

Alternative High Schools & Programs

1997 Ten Penny Playerswith funding support from

the NY State Council on the Arts

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Love

Love is in the airLove is everywhereSome people fall in loveSome love is up aboveLove is in your heartIn a relationship love

is the main partLove is a strong feelingLove is higher than a ceilingSometimes it feels warm andtight like a glove

Everybody shouldshow love.

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A Day I Remembered

A day I remembered was when Ifirst went to an amusement park.There were a lot of kids my agewith their mothers and therewas so many rides.

I went on a ride and theexit was a different side of where

my mother was waitingfor me.

So I walked down some stairs,

there were strangers on my rearand I started getting scared.My heart was beating, beating andbeating. I t sounded like this

Bump, Burnp!l Bump, Bump!!

Then my mother just called meand I was happy.

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Something that I have that isvaluable is a chainwith a cross given to me

by my grandmother.My grandmother said,

"Here, this chain is to be carriedon foreverso when I die you cherish this

and give it to yourgrandchild. "

It's not worth money but it's worththe love of my grandmotherand that's worth everything to me.

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What I think is worth fightingfor is my mother.My mother is worth fighting

for because she raised meand disciplined mewelLI love my mother becauseshe has a lot of loveand pride for me.To tell the truth I would diefor my mother any day.

I'm grateful for being aliveto see another day.I'm also grateful for comingto school.I'm grateful for coming to schoolbecauseI get to learnsomething new about the

world, people and things.Every day I'm grateful for something...and that's living

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My fantasy is to play footballbut everybody tells me I'm too smallBecause there are big guys out thereAs big as a brick wall.

Right now I'm too youngand I got to growpractice and get bigger.There are games that are played inrain, sleet and snow

I say to myself as long asthe sky is blueI will live my fantasy

and it will come true.

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T en years from now Iwant to play in theNFL

I want to be a running backor a wide receiver.Football is my favorite sport.If I don't play football Iwant to be an

accountant.

My nwnber one dream isto be a nice fatherwith a job supporting hiswife and kids.

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Someone whom I respect

Someone whom I respect is

my motherI respect my mother 'cause sheshowed me much love whenI was growing up and still isI love my mother more thananything in the world today

and in the future. I respectmy elders greatly, but I respectmy mother.

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