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What Comes Next... [Wattys 2014]

Poesie

Violet has never stopped running. She lives for the wind on her face, and seeing the blur of cars as they drive by. And she has real problems to run from. An alcoholic mother, an abusive ex-boyfriend, and the lowest grades in school. It's time for V...

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On Top of a Mountain

23 1 0 
                                    

                                              
you can see

                          
the sun setting 

                          
longer than people below.

                          
I am above them,

                          
free from worry.

                          
As I bask

                          
in the red-orange glow,

                          
goosebumps appear on my skin.

                          
He is behind me.
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