TEEN ZINE SPRING 2009

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CONTENTS

EYE SEE YOU – ANDY FITZGERALD front cover

CHRISTMAS EVE HORROR – BRITTANY BERGER p. 3

I RECALL – BRITTANY BERGER p. 3

HAIR – ANDY FITZGERALD p. 4

MUSIC – LEEANN NEVENS p. 4

MY BIRTHDAY – LEEANN NEVENS p. 5

SILHOUETTE – ANDY FITZGERALD p. 5

WHERE I AM FROM – LEEANN NEVENS p. 6

I LIKE YOUR SHIRT – LEEANN NEVENS p. 7

DOUBLE EXPOSURE – ANDY FITZGERALD p. 7

EASTER TRAGEDY – BRITTANY BERGER p. 8

MY PLACE – LEEANN NEVENS p. 8

WHY – LEEANN NEVENS p. 9

THE SAILOR FROM EIRE – MEG GRZENIA p. 10

UNTITLED – ANDY FITZGERALD p. 11

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Christmas Eve Horror Brittany Berger

So. I love my family’s Christmas Eve traditions. We stay at home, make punch and cookies and other fun things, and then we eat while watching The Grinch, Frosty, Charlie Brown, and other Christmas classics. But one year, my uncle and aunt randomly showed up on that night. And my parents answered the door and we couldn’t get rid of them. Ugh! THE END.

I Recall

Brittany Berger

I can still recall the days

I used to care

But emotions are heavy

and it became too much to bear

I can still recall the days

that I could look upon the world and smile

But the corners of my mouth

haven’t turned up in a long, long while

I can still recall the days

of my innocence

But the evils of the world

can ruin a child’s clear conscience

I can still recall the days

when I saw the beauty of a rainbow

But now my world has

become colorless with sorrow

I can still recall the days

when my heart was filled with song

But it’s been a long while

and those days are gone

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Hair – Andy Fitzgerald

MUSIC

Leeann Nevens

I like loud music

Like the kind you listen to when you are angry

And soft music

Like the kind that makes you want to dance with the boy you like

I like rock music

like the kind you listen to too be cool

And pop music

like the kind that makes you want to get up and show you dance moves

I like music

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My Birthday Leeann Nevens

My worst day of my life was my 9th birthday. I woke up with my throat killing me so I told my mom. After I woke her up early at 4:00am in the morning and took my temperature, it was normal at 98.5, so she told me to go back to sleep. So I did. And I got up 3 hours later at 7:00am and she took my temperature and I was white as a ghost. So she took it and it said 104° and my mom bundled me up right away and took me to the emergency room! I was still in my PJs and when we go there they said that I had strep throat. So we got home around 8:00, and I lay on the couch and watched anything I wanted, but I felt like I was dying! So when everyone got there I took two bites and my mom made me try on my new shirt that I got that night and she took a picture and I look like I am dying. But the worst part of my birthday dinner was that I couldn’t blow out my candles. When we were done eating I went to sleep FOREVER. THE END.

Silhouette – Andy Fitzgerald

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WHERE I AM FROM

Leeann Nevens

I am from parents who had 70s looks To parents with hip 21st century attitudes

I am from late nights playing outside

To late nights going to dances

I am from playing with babies To babysitting baby’s

I am from listening to CDs on my CD player

To listening to music on my iPod

I am from playing dress up To always being dressed up

I am from doing everything in our living room

To doing everything in my room

I am from only eating carrots To only eating spinach and broccoli

I am from making my own soup with dirt in the backyard

To making soup in the kitchen all by my self

I am from having little play dates To having big parties& sleepovers

I am from days where me and my sister always talked

To days that me and my sister don’t even talk

Even though I’m getting older and changing my ways I’ll always remember where I’m from!

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I LIKE YOUR SHIRT…

Leeann Nevens

Do you remember?

We were practically triplets,

So close

That the only way to separate us

Would be

Him

Now, when you see me,

You won’t even glance my way

You and your friends with your

Cool Hollister clothes

Don’t you remember

the shoe flinging game

on the swings,

when we

hid our

bare feet

from the passing recess monitor?

I do

Remember

when we drew pictures

of each other in third grade

mine with a starry background,

yours sunny,

Siobhan’s rainy?

Our crayon faces,

Mismatched and lopsided,

Looked nothing like our real

ones.

But you must remember, after our

separation, the only words you

said to me

That whole year were

I like your shirt

We were practically triplets,

So close Double Exposure – Andy Fitzgerald

Don’t you remember?

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Easter Tragedy Brittany Berger

I was 7 or 8 years old and it was Easter. My family and I went to my aunt’s house for dinner. After dinner (and before dessert), my cousins and I had an Easter egg hunt. We ran all over the house, searching for the pretty pastel colored eggs that were filled with jelly beans. Because I found the most, my cousins were mad and so they pelted me with their little plastic eggs. I began to cry hysterically and my family left early. No dessert.

My place

Leeann Nevens

My place is as colorful

as a rainbow after it rains

My place is cozy

My place is where I sleep

My place is where I go when

I am sad

My place is where

I do home work

My place is where

I get ready for school

My place is my room

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Why?

By Leeann Nevens

I am caring & helpful

I ask myself WHY

I wonder why people don’t care

I hear people whispering about people

I see bullies

I want people to care about each other

I am caring & helpful

I ask myself WHY

I pretend to listen

I feel mad

I touch tears

I cry about why

I am caring & helpful

I ask myself WHY

I don’t understand people

I say help each other

I dream everything will be better

I try to help

I hope to be the best I can be

I am caring and helpful

I ask myself WHY

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The Sailor from Eire

By Meg Grzenia

The morning broke, and the sun 'woke,

A kaleidoscope of colors danced in the sky,

And the sailor in his battered vessel,

Let out a holler worthy of Captain Bligh:

"I am her lad and she is me lass,

It won't be very long,

'till Father O'Neil sings our vows,

and the parish gathers in 'throng.

We have a farm across the glen,

it waits to be plowed and sown,

and atop the hill near our precious land

is an oak that sways and groans.

Me miss is always happy,

I ne'er saw a frown wrinkle her face,

the sun feels 'shamed at the sight of her hair,

and the moon envies her grace."

And so the sailor rocked and swayed,

his ship had carried him far,

Ol' Eire pined to reune with this barge,

and she would, for he chased the deep-sea star.

The day the sailor let fly the anchor,

his feet touched the cold, still ground,

not an eye was sparkling, or a mouth beaming,

all met the sailor with a puckered brow.

His love, he learned, was snatched away,

Some better suitor seized her pure heart,

The sailor's lass became Death's bride;

The crewman had not foreseen this on his naval chart.

"I was her lad and she was me lass,

It won't be very long,

'till our Heavenly Father sings our vows,

and the celestial souls gather in 'throng."

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Andy Fitzgerald

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BRITTANY BERGER

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