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He kicks
The ball
Down the Alleys
Hoping that one
Will take him out
Into the grass
So the world
Can see him
And then he stops
And stares at the wall
At the dead end
At the end dead
With his dreams at his bare feet
Full of air.

A terrible earthquake occurred in Jamaica on Monday afternoon. Kingston was destroyed, and there was much loss of life.
The shocks continue. Everybody is camping out and there is much distress. A fire started immediately after the earthquake.
The Times, Wed, Jan 16, 1907 (From our correspondent. St Thomas, Jan 15)

Remember that girl in grade 6 who’s head you used to pound with chalkbrush erasers?
The one with the funny name whose lunch smelled.
The geek who would sit alone in the corner of the cafeteria, eating fried bologna and chocolate milk; stopping every now and then to peer nervously over her thick Coca-Cola bottle eyeglasses as [...]

Hanging out by the pharmacy in Crossroads.
Contributed by Rochelle Morris