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Louisiana Words: Resurrection Last NIght! Come Out and Join Us!

Zombie Rich (Alex KingHoward Berrio-Lafayette, LA)

Take the street on the left where the lights are low and the looks even lower these tall walls are easy to hide up against hearing the yuppies caw inside fame, fortune, and vanity all bundled with modern art calamity inverting from within to reveal a mushy exterior a now transparent mask folded over skin but the sight of eyes illusions give way to the wide open doorways into empty space with a narrow-minded chocolate coated center you are but dead dead to me

21st Century Problems: Prozac Zombie Part 1 (#21)- (Louis Toliver Jr-Swartz, LA)

“I’m feel like I’m going to die any day,” I admitted to the doctor. “It stresses me out. The only way I can survive is by busying my mind. What if someone thinks I’m gay because my ex-girlfriend realized she was man. What if I have to work five jobs in my life just to make it, not because I enjoy them. What if I fail Ben? What if I sext my mother, again, by accident? What if other kids sexted their mothers frequently? I feel like I don’t have enough time any more because I have to check Facebook like a drug addict. I don’t have enough time. I would get a gym membership, but Facebook takes up so much of my time. I go to Chili’s when I want to fit in. Lego my ego. I don’t know who I am. I feel like I’m going to die any day.” “Calm down”, said the doctor. “Who told you that you needed Adderall? You’re suffering from anxiety and depression, not A.D.D.? “You,” I told the doctor. “Well he was wrong,” said the doctor. I look confused. He continued as if “You” meant third person, “I think he d...

Life on a train (Jason M. Smith - Lafayette, La)

Why is it you choose to sit alone, Looking like you were made of stone? Here are people just like you, Looking like they are so confused. You could be sitting with a new friend, But then it is your chose in the end. A look a nod a simple smile, Would make your trip seem less then a mile. You will never know, All it takes is just a hello.