WHAT HAPPENS IN LA
by DANNY
What happens in LA
stays in LA,
except for the bullets that
fly. Those that stay in my brother’s
arm.
It’s 12:00am, and all I hear is
Bang! Bang! Bang!
My parents run to my room
and hold me.
My brother was downstairs,
cooking.
Everything was happening
too fast.
My emotions were everywhere.
I was sad, scared, surprised.
Out of nowhere we hear a scream.
We ran downstairs and saw my brother
had been shot.
All he was doing
was cooking!
I had so many questions.
Why did he get shot?
Why are they shooting?
The man with the gun
was just looking right at me.
Up to that point I’d never been
so terrified. I thought
he was going to shoot me,
but he just left.
Everything happens
in LA.
NOT JUST FISH
by MAJESTIC
There are many things in a lake, but how about a salmon and a snapping turtle? My friends and I were going fishing when we decided that we wanted to fish with corn. When we had flung the rod into the water, the corn had fallen to the ground. So we decided to retry it.
RANDOM WORDS FROM THE HEART
WRECKING BALL, A PARODY
by NIAYA
We dumped, we threw
Our trash and knew
The wrong we were causing to.
This world smells
Bad and I’m so sad
Just think of our future selves.
Don’t you see my peeps
This world really reeks
and it’s all because of us.
Can’t you see what
We’ve become,
Destroying what we’ve worked
So hard to love?
Don’t you wanna see
Your kids grow up
Or do you wanna
Die of carbon dioxide,
Just fall to the ground
And die?
And you’ll just wonder why
Pollution leads to global warming
And sea levels will rise
Floods will appear,
Everything will disappear
And nothing will be left.
Don’t say you’re sorry,
You’re still doing the same thing,
Trashing up your own place.
Look at what we’ve done,
Throwing trash and forgetting
How it’s left a mark.
This world has been through enough,
Throwing all our trash out our cars.
All of it piles up.
And we’ll never see this world in peace
And we’ll never see this world in peace
LIFE IS LIKE A VIDEO GAME
by CHRISTOPHER
Waking up like the game just loaded.
Hear the alarm, shut it off and go back to sleep,
Save my progress and wake up. Take a
Shower, get dressed and brush my teeth
Like a person playing me, wondering what’s next
Today. Put on shoes, running to the bus
stop like someone pressing A A A A A A A
A A A Stop! I’m thinking. When I get
On the bus, same thing, save all the progress
That has been done. Coming to school, eating breakfast
To refuel the energy. Going to class, time limit up
On the screen. 30 29 28, till it gets to zero, I
Made it on time. School work is like a mission,
Don’t finish it – you get a F for fail. Gym – getting
Fit, getting stronger and ready for life. Changing
Clothes like getting ready to tell the president
“we are going to war.” Lunch – refilling your energy.
Science – learning how to survive on the land, like
Making things that your body needs. Band – learning
How to play, A button = high note, B button= low
Note. Learn a little math. Socializing, in your
Brain picking what to say. A = say something, B= say nothing.
Social studies, learning about the world like on a
Game picking which place to go. Last but not
Least – get my stuff, save the game and come
To Exclusive Ink.
WHO WE ARE
Exclusive Ink is Shortridge High School's dynamic creative writing group. This is the place for our work to glow.WHAT WE DO
We write poems, short stories, essays, and whatever us inspires us. We share our work aloud and support each other.WHY WE WRITE
Because it's freedom. Because it's fun.