Inkling 2025 - Flipbook - Page 15
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ou sile
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f
t
A theory
you’ll be hurt.”
rc h
and
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s
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m or
be s
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e
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h ro
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,
y
ed
awa
Silenced, Imprison
s
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People”.
y da lled “Black
m
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e
Shamed to slav
lab
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at yo
h
he nea
t
x
o
b
t little
crazy,
tupid and
s
f
o
Stig
s
type
matiz
o
standards,
e
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e
t
ed to 昀椀t your s
grading
e
d
f
A nd
r sel
u
if I can
o
y
o
protect your ego.
up t
n
t
o
o
e
t
e
m
t
y
I’m
awa
n
calle
w
o
d a “rebel” and thr
culture, an overload.
y
m
,
n
My
urde
skin
b
a
e
color has becom
ot as pale as you prefe
I’m sorry if my skin is n
r,
h
g
i
t
a
a
r
s
t
s
y
s
o
a
u
t
’d like
sn’
.
Or my hair i
r
a
e
u
u
o
s
y
e
If my
d
s
a
t
o
,
food isn’t as bland
Or m
iscomfort or uneasiness
y melanin
brings you d
.
,
y
I
l
’
m
l
a
u
n
t
o
I’m re
c
t.
ally, truly sorry…um a
Chloe is the 3rd place
winner in the Poetry
category for this year’s
Teen Writing Contest.
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