BURGER
by CURTIS
Juicy red tomatoes fresh from the garden
Tender, juicy, and delicious meat
Freshly baked bread that seems like it never hardens
It really seems like a tasty treat
Spices and sauces that will blow your precious mind
I think about it all the time
If you add some fries you’ll be fine
And you can top it off with some refreshing lemon lime
After the scrumptious treat you might want to
listen to some tunes
Some relaxing, soothing, energetic, hyper, or some
calming music to put you in the mood.
Have you ever thought about how music can
play a huge role in your life.
It can determine if your choices
are wrong or right.
If you really look deep into it, music controls
your personality, your attitude, your swag, the
clothes on your back, and basically everything you do.
If you go deeper in thought it controls
the society we live in. If you go deeper it controls
how people think of you and how you think of other
people.
If you go deeper it can control life or death
If went this deep in an ocean you would drown
to death.
I will stop going so deep for now and give it a rest
Now you’re probably so deep in thought about life,
you probably want a delicious sandwich to tame
you sudden starvation. so you go back and you eat your
burger. And you think to yourself all of this from one
bit of a burger.
Brings a whole new meaning to you are what you eat.
ME AND MY BOYFRIEND
by DESTINY
Sugar Pie
Honey bun
You know that,
I love you!!
Roses are red
violets are blue
you’re the
best boyfriend
and I love you
you light up
my world
you light up
my life
one day in the
future I’ll be
your wife
our love is
cool
our love is
kind, the best
day ever is when
I made you mine
THIS ONE SUMMER
by DESTINY
This one summer
In particular
was the best
of them all.
I hung with
friends, went
out to eat
had Chinese
we had a ball.
The time I spent
with all of my
friends was so
great I never wanted
it to end.
We did fun
things every day.
We danced and laughed
and went to bed late.
BLACK STRIPE, WHITE STRIPE
by ISIAH
Forced to read literature about things unknown,
like racism and segregation, to open my blind eyes to things I needed to know,
learning about Malcolm and Martin fighting interracial crime
like apartheid or the dark side or similar slavery in its prime,
my view widened with knowledge of past problems explained in depth.
Black culture grew as each page got flipped,
and when people of different races said racist phrases I’d flip.
I didn’t wanna know just one side because I’m racially mixed,
so when I looked in the mirror I didn’t see a hypocrite.
I’d read the wrongdoings of both sides in the ethical war,
like the Black Panthers or KKK hunting for sport.
I was oblivious to the treacherous ways of the past.
But now I know the past and I live in the past’s future.
No more judging—white doesn’t mean preppy, black doesn’t mean stupid.
After I read that book, I know
ignorance judges by the color of the blanket around the bones,
and since I know I have black stripes and white stripes,
you don’t have to be the same color as me to be my family or friend.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
by KYLA
Abraham Lincoln gave speeches of Freedom, more complicated than a circumference. C=πr2 around the world. The Longitude and Prime Meridian. The latitude and the Equator. Hotter than China and dryer than concrete. Unlike a boat circuit of aquatic relaxation and reflection.
Free time and Laziness to the Shimmering fountain in water. The sunset upon congress, Ben Franklin’s the star of it. The Bill of Rights and Constitution. A precedent used for Marbury vs. Madison. Wishing to swim in, the geographic circuit.
It’s like a civil war and a fight for freedom. The puppy love for the star-spangled banner. My sweet land of liberty. Our Independence from Britain. Thomas Jefferson wrote the DOI, The Declaration of Independence.
Our chance to the right of Justice, Law, and Liberty. It’s Independence Day America! have fun and be Free!
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.