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Written by Lucy, a Ventura County junior in high school.
Can you see me?
I’m standing outside your car’s window. Bouquets in hand.
Do you want one?
Do you want to help feed my family?
Can you see me?
I’m sitting in the dust your shoes kicked up.
Cardboard sign in hand.
Do you want to help?
Do you want to help me gain back guardianship of my children?
Can you see me?
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Written by Jazmin Lopez, a Ventura County high school student.
Violetta didn't like pretty people, especially pretty women who looked so effortlessly perfect and like their lives were filled with adventures and friends who actually liked them. Violetta detested pretty women who adorned their skin with the most expensive makeup, but somehow she couldn't stop watching these women...
This piece is by Isabel Mercado, a writer and a senior at Ventura High School.
I know my future because I know my history.
Ghetto Prison, we won’t stop until we are free
We will rise in the city of fallen angels
If money is the root of all evil then greed is the seed
Private Prisons, this isn’t livin’
Perhaps we take because nobody is giving
America is a rich man’s...
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