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Author Lila Weirich

John Bapst High School
Bangor, Maine
Teacher: Jennifer Babcock

2022 April
”Character in a Dickens Novel”, by Lila

Gout is something you get if you’re a character in a Dickens novel.Scarlet fever, Whooping Cough, Gout; all Dickensians diseases. All with their own ailments, the characters of his novels.John Jasper with addiction, Ebenezer Scrooge with narcissism and schizophrenia,Arthur Havisham… Continue Reading →

2022 March
Maybe I’ll just destroy them, by Lila

“Maybe I’ll just destroy them and never do it again,” Brooke whined as she stomped her feet on the cracked sidewalk, flooded with cigarette butts. “My God Brooke, stop being so melodramatic. Did you even listen to him after he… Continue Reading →

2022 January
You can’t mess around any more!, by Lila  

“It’s not like it used to be… you can’t mess around anymore.” The man’s deep, disgruntled voice shot through my ears, to my feet, and back up again. Hearing his voice in my head on replay every time my conscience… Continue Reading →

2021 October
How long are you willing to chill?, by Lila

Locked in Label How long are you willing to chill before you get it?Where is the line at which you break?When is it too long to wait?Why do I feel like you’re giving up? Exclusively connected togetherWe just don’t call… Continue Reading →

2021 September
You knew I was going to say something, by Lila

“You knew I was going to say something to you, right?” Eleven words I had dreaded ever since that night, the night that felt so long ago; last night. My heart sank and I didn’t need to turn around to… Continue Reading →

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