In Search of a Song Volume 226

8/7/2019 In Search of a Song Volume 226

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Khalilah .Phillips


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Khalilali~~

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AWaterways ProjectPublicationRichard SpiegelBarbara FishercodirectorsThomas Perry

administrative assistant

James Pattonteacher

Bedford Stuyvesant OutreachCoranJames, directorFrank Murray, principal i.a.

Stephen E. Phillips, Superintendent,Alternative High Schools &Programs

I996 Ten Penny Playerswith funding support from

the NY State Council on the Arts


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SISTER LOVEI am a twin

with a beautiful kinRhasheah is her name

and she sits in the denI see her with a blue penshe writes I am herone and only best friend

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FOUR IMPORTANT WORDS

hope, faith, trusthonestythese are the thingsyou think aboutwithout these wordsyou really wouldn't hethe type for meyou may be sweet, cutetreat me like a beauty queenbut you have to have hopefaith, trust, and honestyto be with me

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DIFFERENT KINDS OF PEOPLEpeople are different and thesame Inmany wayssome are smartersome are smaller and some biggerpeople cry, lie, and can't help itI'm a person with different stylesand difficult waysit would be hard to judge meby anyone else

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IT'S KIND OF DIFFICULT

I don'tknow how to write poemsI'm not good with poetryI can dancewrite stories, and cheerbut poetry is not my thingit really doesn't interest mein my mindI would trybut it doesn't sound rightpoetry is my bad side

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ADMIRE

there are lots of people to admirethere's my Aunt Kiyaand my brother, buthe's a liarmy sister who wanted a joband got hiredthere's also my fatherwho's a stock buyerthere're lots of peopleIadmire

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SCHOOL

school is my first moveit can be cooland sometimes rudeyou can't dress in the nudeyou can't get boo-d

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COLD WEA THERit's a cold daythe snow is fallingeveryone wears hats and capsyou barely see the streetssome cares are buriedit's a beautiful day outsideIlive on a streetwith plenty of trafficIhear the car hornsthe sirens and ambulancessometimes Iblank themout of my mindsometimes they stay therejust the way life goes by

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BEAUTY

love is beautylove is sometimes funnylove is what makes this world turnwithout loveit's a lot to learn

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NlKES

I have five pairs of NikesIcan cleanjust like my cousin Mikewe both love our Nikes

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In Search of a SongVolume 226

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In Search of a Song Volume 226

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