The 2River View | 26.2 (Winter2022) |
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Ashley Choi Death Blowing Bubbles He sat on the stoop of a nursey, blowing bubbles into windows— For a minute, he looked the way my mother did, And for a minute, I almost felt sorry for Death. The next time I passed him, he was pacing in front of a grocery store That’s Life and for a minute I wanted to laugh, * It’s funny to think one bad apple could have led to this. I’d like to think I asked the doctor * while the drowsy scent of lilies And Earth as the greatest seamstress And she sings to me the crashing of the waves and It’s at these times that I don’t miss my mother. Ashley Choi is a 12th grader attending Stuyvesant High School in New York City. Her hobbies include reading and writing poetry, performing for her school's theater company, and attending speech meetings.
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