Mastepieces by Exceptional Child: JASMIN C.

SLIPPERY SNOW
By Jasmine C.
Grade 8

Snow
Soft, powdery
Falling, slipping, dripping, building;
Throwing, catching, rolling, skating
Having fun, I’m playing in
Winter.

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Art technique:
PAINTING / COLLAGE

FAMILY

Family is everything
They're supposed to stay with you
When you're up or down
In love and in hate
Your family is supposed to support you
In everything you do
May it be good or bad
Without your family you are nothing
Money, cars, jewelries are nothing
Without your family these are nothing.

Take care of your family
They're your everything.
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HURT

People gets hurt for all the wrong reason
...because your loved one died
...because somebody cheated on you
...because you lost your apartment.

Getting hurt is painful
Getting hurt is not a way to live
Getting hurt is full of lies

A lot of people are hurting right now
And nobody dares to show it;
People hurt each other
And people hurt themselves;
Look around you
Hurting person is everywhere.

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I AM

I am Jasmine
I wonder where Miami, Florida is
I hear all the waves from Miami shore and the music
I see me lying on the beach turning black
I want to go to Miami, Florida but I cannot go
I am Jasmine

I pretend to swim like a dolphin
I feel the ice-cold water on my feet
I touch the dry dirt sand
I worry about the crabs, sharks, and the fishes
I cry when a crab bites me on my toe
I am Jasmine

I understand I cannot go to Miami, Florida
I say “why? Mother, why?”
I dream I am there on the beach getting a tan
I try to beg her to let me go but she still says “no”
I hope she say “yes”, and I can go to Miami, Florida
I am the girl who begs my mother to let me go to Miami, Florida
I am Jasmine.

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I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL

I know how you feel
When they laugh at you
Because you walk around asking for money
It makes no sense for people to stare and laugh at you.

I know how you feel
And it makes me sad to see some people
On the streets in summer and winter time
With no food to eat or blanket to cover them.

I know how you feel
When I come by and put money in your cup
Every time I put money in your cup you say “thank you”
And that makes me happy too.

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HOMELESS PEOPLE

When I see homeless people on the street
I ask myself “why on this nasty ground do they sleep?”
Even though they are homeless
They are still human beings.

Let’s stay together people out there
Work together to help people stay off the streets.

Oh why and how they got this way?
I am walking around and passing coins out of my pockets.
They got me crying inside
When people laugh at what the homeless do.

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I USED TO BE, BUT NOW I AM

I used to be some bad girl following no rules
But now I am a girl who follow all my rules;

I used to be hanging around the wrong the crowd
But now I am not hanging around the wrong people;

I used to be the one who fail all my classes
But now I get good grades;

I used to be the one who got my butt whipped by five girls
But now I am the one who's not in jail with them;

I used to be the one crying for my mom
But now I don’t need her anymore.

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I HATE WAR

I hate it when Blacks and Whites have to fight for race
I hate ii when people are shooting and killing one another
I hate the see on the news bodies of dead people
I don't get it why they can't leave each other alone.

I hate to see America, or Iraq, or Iran going against each other
I hate to see people crying because they lost their loved ones
I know different people fight for different beliefs
But all wars and fightings should end...

Because this is not the only way to express how we feel.

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JAIL

Jail is not the place to be ----
...so many rules
...eat all that nasty food

Nobody really belong in jail
but if you do the crime
it's in jail you spend some time...

Some people go to jail
for different reasons
guilty or innocent...

Jail is so terrible
you could die in that place
you could get raped in that place...

...And I am so sorry
I cannot be around to comfort you.