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By Austin Coven
 CANASTA
People suck, it’s just human nature. The highs are attached
to rocket ships and the lows drill deep within the planet’s
core. However, there is always that one person that you can
always count on, someone that is always there when
temporary companions turn their heads. Canasta. I think
everybody needs a Canasta in their life, or at least someone
to count on. The world can be a scary place, but a built in
best friend will make it better.
Not a show, an experience. Listening to music just isn’t
the same. Something about feeling the ground tremble,
feeling the bass of the speakers brush over my skin,
hearing the breathtaking music coming to me live and
raw from the artist themselves. Something about getting
to see the person you idolize in person, almost like your
favorite superhero coming to life. Something about a
connection between the audience and the artist.
Something about a room full of people who all came to
spread positive energy. An escape from reality.
 Elephant
The loudest sound I will ever hear
is also the biggest creature I have
ever seen. The Asian Elephant: an
Global Warming
The planet is screaming for my help. Flames
endangered species that should fill the sky as smokestacks steal the last dose
scare me, but really just lures me of oxygen. Polar bears are now considered
in. Stomp Stomp. The ground roars dinosaurs; their home is gone. If you couldn’t
louder than a lion. Friends. I Never tell, the earth is on fire. There is no
thought I could be friends with thermostat to turn it back down and no
another species, let alone one that politicians to warn anymore. The year is
2020.
is 2 tons heavier than me. I could
be killed at any second but I gain a
sense of trust almost immediately.
Kindness comes in all shapes and
sizes. Never judge a book by its
cover.
 Honeycombs
Honeycombs.
Not literally. Not the kind
that bees make. Honeycombs:
the mouthwatering cereal
that leaves me craving more
with each bite. Crunch
crunch, a midnight snack
that even tastes good stale.
I bring them to school every
day and people ask: what are
those? Honeycombs.
Legends
20 Legends Circle. The place where I would ride my bike with
all of the kids of the neighborhood. The place where I played
my game boy in my dark, green room. The place where I would
jump on the trampoline and throw up because I just ate a little
too much pizza. The place where I almost died struggling to
reach the surface as I was drowning below a pool raft. The
place where all of my friends were next door. The place where
my childhood ended. The place that I will never forget.
 The coloration makes me dizzy. It’s like I’m looking at a
Money. The pieces of paper that mean nothing without rainbow as an animal. My one wish is to fly, so why can’t
societal interference, but somehow, they mean everything to I just be a parrot? I would live along the tropical
people. These days, happiness comes at a second priority to
Caribbean coastline. I would fly with the graceful
money. Money governs. Money owns us, and we don’t own it.
speedboats, and I would bask in the sun waiting for
Money is God. No one hates it, no one complains of having
too much of it, and having too much money only makes you humans to leave behind a couple of fries.
more depressed. Material items don’t buy happiness. Money
is the antonym of happiness. Money is the devil.
The rain. Event ruiner, mind soother. Watch each
individual drop make its mark on the cobblestone
ground. Each so different yet so alike. Clear liquid
drips slowly down my windows as the sky yells
and God cries. It’s the rain.
Space
A never ending concept of confusion. I will
never understand space. How does something
go on forever? Everything must have an end.
There must be life on other planets. There are
millions of galaxies, there is no way our planet
is the only one blessed with life. Elon Musk
proposes that there is a 99% chance we are
living in a simulation. We are just an
experiment that lasts at most 100 years at a
time, so how will you spend your 100 years?