Out here stuck!
Thick black oil
Feels sticky like glue.
Time is running out.
The smell, spoiled milk
Getting worse each day.
Black, hard, and shiny
Silent and scary.
When is it over?

Julia Constant
2nd place 3rd & 4th Grades
LA Writes! 2010
Baton Rouge Center for Visual and Performing Arts
Baton Rouge, LA

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