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    years of hard work for many of my accomplishments. To some it may seem odd that a place associated with sweat, blood and physical pain mean so much to someone. However, in my eyes it's almost like a second home. A certain familiarity is developed over time that makes it home. Sitting here I can vividly picture being there. I drive my car into the pot-hole filled parking lot off the highway and park in the same spot I always have, people just seem to know that's my spot. Walking around to the back I open the brown door and enter. The familiar damp smell of sweat still pierces my nose when I walk into the hallway even after all these years. The rhythmic beating of the speedbag and clanging of the punching bag hanging from the ceiling echo through the hall. When I walk into the gym I see our instructor Dean with his long dreads sitting at his desk talking on the phone. It sounds as if he is trying to set up some fights for us. I turn my head to the left and see everyone doing their own thing. Chris is kicking the stuffing out of the heavy bag, he thinks he's such a bad-ass. Mitch and Don are goofing around as if they were fifteen, even though they're almost forty. Stretching out is Cara, she's the only female fighter but I wouldn't mess with her. I head to the locker room to change my clothes. In the locker room are Dan and Jason. I say hello and continue on to my locker. More people come in and everyone starts talking about how bad their day was. It's…

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    “TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN!” The sound of counting down got louder and louder as crowds started to count with the referee. It was the semi final of the interclass basketball competition of my school. My team was leading the game by one point. Knowing that there was nothing the opposite team can do, we started to have an early celebrate for entering the finals. To my surprise, our opponents started a counter attack, charging to our ring at full speed! With only less than six seconds, one of them…

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    I was slumped over my computer as I tried to do my semester project over the scorching summer heat. It was mid-July in the year 2025, just years after World War III started. It was over some new nuclear substance in Alaska. The U.S wanted to destroy it so it wouldn’t cause an international problem. North Korea ,an old enemy of the U.S, basically snatched it from under the Americans’ noses. Fists were thrown, words were said, and the war basically started then. Anyway, I was trying to…

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    I’m sitting at the top of the tower, gazing down on the rest of the city. It seems to be about midnight, but I can see for miles with the light of the full moon. I lean over and let my legs dangle off the railing a little. The wind makes noises like thunder when it whips past my ears, but the sound of the heartbeat in my chest is too loud for me to really hear it. I take a few deep breaths in an attempt to calm myself, even though I know it won’t work. We had just left our house, when it…

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    Today is Tyrek’s sentencing. Even though I haven’t seen or talked to him since he got locked up, I wanted to be there for this. Despite all the shit he put me through, I still love him. I would never wish this on him, but Marcus is where my hearts at. Since Tyrek been in jail, it gave me a clear vision on where I want to be. I will always love Tyrek, because we were more than lovers, we were friends. However, I’m in love with Marcus. Marcus is everything I ever wanted in a man, he’s who I…

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    Sacrifice: A Short Story

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    “If you don’t imagine something better, it will never happen,” she said. I was a child then, crying for her mother to save her. I sink down a bit in the mud, barefoot. Holy ground strips away the advantage of glamour as my natural form replaces the dull cover of terran flesh. “Are you sure this will work?” Bryce asks, looking down the riverbed for any sign of life. I nod. Experience takes over in measuring out the grave. Looking at Bryce, I wonder who’d he be if he…

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    Death-Personal Narrative

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    When I imagined death I didn’t think he would be so cute. I thought death would be quick and painless. I always figured I would fall asleep one night and not wake up. I did not expect death to be so polite, or easy going. He had showed up at my doorstep yesterday, introduced himself while vigorously shaking my hand (and apparently his middle name is William). He took off his shoes, a pair of biker boots with red spikes scattered about, and then promptly threw himself down on my couch. Instead…

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    3 Types Of Love Essay

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    There are three different types of love, your love for your family, which is never ending and will always be the love you depend on. However you may experience so rather harsh brawl with one another, but you can 't never seem to hate them. That’s actually the most important type of love, the one you have. The next type of love is the one you see on television and in every single music video or book ever. The love between two people that’s indestructible, the one that is overwhelming, the love…

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    Domino Monologue

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    Moments later, the doors slam open. Footsteps sound in our direction, but Alfonso and I haven't broken eye contact. I wish he'd just make his decision to kill me or not. When a hand is placed on my back and an arm drapes over my chest, Alfonso and I both look at stranger. I blink several times this time. I find a very similar face to Alfonso's. Same red hair and green eyes, just the opposite sex. Jenny has come for me. She gives me a brief smile before she uses her arms to hug my head and I…

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    “Ouch!” I yelped when my mom had to pour medicine on my knee. It all started at Countryside Elementary School in 4th grade. I was with my best friend Bri and my little pink turtle toy in my hand. Bri and I say “If anybody touches Timmy,Timmy has a high risk of dying.” We have been saying that for a while. I thought it was weird. Anyway I have been waiting all day for recess since the beginning of the day because Bri and I were going to protect our little toy named Timmy the Turtle. Every…

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