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“If I call out will anyone hear me? I don’t know anymore.”
—MySpace.com Monday morning I staggered out of bed and went to school. Of course everybody was talking about what happened at Ursula’s party Friday night and also about the go-go club Saturday night. Everybody who wasn’t there wanted to know what happened, and everybody who was there became an instant celebrity. I was at both, so that made me the shit.
I wasn’t in a great mood, but I dealt with it. After school, I stayed for the ...extra class I was taking in English lit. We’d already finished reading two books and were now working on a poetry section. I was assigned to read and analyze “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” by Langston Hughes. I had to write an essay. I read the poem a few times. I wasn’t impressed. Then, when I read it a third time, I understood. He wasn’t talking about rivers. He was talking about freedom. I started thinking about the idea of rivers being a simile for life and freedom.MoreLess
—MySpace.com Monday morning I staggered out of bed and went to school. Of course everybody was talking about what happened at Ursula’s party Friday night and also about the go-go club Saturday night. Everybody who wasn’t there wanted to know what happened, and everybody who was there became an instant celebrity. I was at both, so that made me the shit.
I wasn’t in a great mood, but I dealt with it. After school, I stayed for the ...extra class I was taking in English lit. We’d already finished reading two books and were now working on a poetry section. I was assigned to read and analyze “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” by Langston Hughes. I had to write an essay. I read the poem a few times. I wasn’t impressed. Then, when I read it a third time, I understood. He wasn’t talking about rivers. He was talking about freedom. I started thinking about the idea of rivers being a simile for life and freedom.MoreLess
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