ZOOM! They both scurried to the end of the block. When they stopped to catch their breathe they saw a pizza boy park at the house. Click. The car door shut. He began to walk to the house.
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A screeching siren blasted around town, the sky opened it's mouth and showed its teeth. It snarled, scratched, and bit leaving a scar to never be forgotten. The trees were naked, the homes in piles. A thriving town reduced to a salvage yard. Schools, cars, homes, and stores we grew up knowing changed forever. The back way home became a maze. Lost in our own neighborhood. We know the confusion and pain. Together we are threads of string entwined. The hurt is real. Know our hearts hurt with you. Together, hope will restore faith and the trees will green again.
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AuthorMr. Stehm's 4th Grade - Columbia Elementary - Joplin, Missouri Archives
January 2015
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