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On the Verge of Tears

Submitted by ggevalt on April 16, 2008 - 19:47.
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By Anna Rutenbeck
Williston Central School, Grade 8
Editor's note: The author wrote this about a dramatic reading of an award-winning high school play at her school.

"I was in, the classroom, the gym, the hallway, the bathroom"
That's how it started
We all figured that it would be just another play, just like so many others that we had heard already
But as they kept reading, any trace of a smile on our faces disappeared
As the readers continued we stared, white faces
When they were finished it was silent
Most of us were on the verge of tears, and the ones that weren't were just shocked

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