The EE Sampler - Jefferson County Public Schools
The EE Sampler - Jefferson County Public Schools
The EE Sampler - Jefferson County Public Schools
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Colleen Halloran<br />
Fall in the City<br />
I look up in the sky<br />
Hoping for just reds and yellows<br />
But my hopes are too high,<br />
I’m disappointed, my fellows<br />
Leaves and paper bags,<br />
Are decorating the trees<br />
<strong>The</strong>y’re caught in the wind<br />
I breathe in the air<br />
Hoping it’s crisp<br />
As the child next to me<br />
Coughs and sniffs<br />
Reaching in his pocket,<br />
He pulls out a device<br />
Our children: poisoned<br />
<strong>The</strong>y used to just get lice<br />
Catching debris<br />
I look to those children<br />
I look to the ground<br />
Wanting to crunch<br />
Those leaves under my feet:<br />
A sound I love so much<br />
But leaves lay in the grass<br />
Next to wrappers from food<br />
And I sadly look onward<br />
And see such a glimmer<br />
<strong>The</strong>re’s hope in them,<br />
When it used to just get dimmer<br />
Our bodies, our earths<br />
<strong>The</strong>y’re all here together<br />
So let’s protect our mother<br />
With the changing weather<br />
Trying to lighten my mood<br />
Pick up our litter<br />
I look to the water<br />
At the great river bank<br />
It’s murky, it’s muddy<br />
It’s bleak, it’s dank<br />
Unmentionables float<br />
And catch on driftwood<br />
Floating away<br />
And help make a start<br />
Hurry up with the cause<br />
Instead of being a fart<br />
<strong>The</strong> grays and blacks<br />
Won’t simply disappear<br />
Gather friends and help<br />
So we don’t live in fear<br />
But not where it should<br />
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