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Never look backKelli CelmerWe step out the door,And squint from the sunʼs raysThat warm our bare arms and torn jeansWe lean up against the carAnd blow smoke rings up to the sky,Thanking God we got out before third hour.We stand in relief, smiling to ourselves“What do you think is going on in there?”Students who never dare to live, and get the dreadful yellow slip.We smirk and blow more careless smoke ringsUntil students pour into the hallways.Itʼs time to go back to what we call hell.We would much rather drive awayBlow more smoke ringsAnd never look back.Feel for himCaitlin ClaytonIʼm so tiredI could cryI take his painas my ownI take the blamefor what I couldnʼt help.Just onceKatie HurstLife is full of chances to take,Some opportunities may present themselves just once,So when I got the chance I......Raced plastic frogs down a river on pop cansate alligator meat,Launched pumpkins with a homemade trebuchet,Tried rasisin ice ceram in the Dominican Republic,Made a snowball in July,Ate squid ( even though I hate seafood),Walked around my school on stilts,Helped put a new roof on our house,Decorated an old pop- up camper and moved in one summer,Ran like and idiot through the streets of New York City,Played croquet at 7:00 am on the last day of summer,had a sword fight in the streets of downtown,Climbed on the roof of my school (then ran!)Slept in a concrete water pipe,planted a tree in the Rainforest of Belize,Fell in love with someone I would never see again.Sun and MoonMegan Sandbergafterglow 13