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Children in a Zoo

September 23, 2011
By Akosua GOLD, Blacksburg, Virginia
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Akosua GOLD, Blacksburg, Virginia
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I was never afraid of failure for I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.

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dirty blue walls
and concrete floors
table tops of laminate wood
and bland legs of black
But where are the children
I see four
four children in a sea of animals
trapped in a zoo of creatures,
who claw and tear
dirty blue walls and concrete floor
four children are waiting there

© Pan Sum C., Babylon, NY

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My experience in my classroom in Arima, Trinidad.
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