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The stress i have


“ Mother im bored” “go play a game” “ I have played them all” “ go watch tv” “ I have watched it all” “ go read a book” “ I have read them all” “Go to the store” “ I have bought it all” “ Go to sleep” “ I have slept to long” “ go and eat” “ I have ate it all, from beans to turkey to dressing to cake, I have nothing to fufill my longing. I am stressed and I have yet nothing to do. Oh I bet that poor girls don’t feel this stress I have, for they are not as fulfill in the things that I am fulfilled in, and yet I am still needing something I don’t have. What is yet to own? My father is rich, and has bought me a thrown. For the money he has, I also own. Oh I bet that poor girls don’t feel this stress I have.” “momma I am cold” “ Well we have no heat, play a game to distract your mind” “ I wish to do so, bit we have none to play” “well watch tv” “ momma we don’t have a tv” “well read a book” “ I don’t know how” “Go to the store” “ we have no money, not even for food” “ well go to sleep” “ momma I don’t have a bed, father is asleep in the only one we own, because he has to go to work soon to his 4th or 5th job” “go and eat” “ there is not even the smallest crumb on the floor, even if it were I would eat it with my tong. That tiny ol’e crumb would fulfill my modest hunger, for I have not ate in days and we have no money to spend. I have nothing to fulfill my longing. I am stressed and I have yet nothing to keep warm, or nothing to eat. Oh I bet that rich girls don’t feel this stress I have, for they own it all except for a heart to keep them part and yet I am still needing something I don’t have. What is yet to love? My father is poor, and has giving me roof, and a blanket, what more should I need. For my father may be poor at life but he is rich in the heart. Oh I bet rich girls don’t feel this stress I have.”
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October Jade
Wow. That was so amazing. I love it.

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