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Home Away

By Madison Cuoco, 11

The blades of grass were sitting and soaking up the sun,

slowing drifting side to side, following the pattern of the wind.

The wind blows the dandelions,

puffs scattering through the lawn,

planting themselves gently in new pastures.

The house doesn’t move.

Sitting sturdy since 1985

through several families and several storms.

The house sits sturdy in the place I call home.

Until yesterday

when the storm came.

The heavy winds surged through my hometown

ripping up the blades of grass

and taking my house away.

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