Portal 2021

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Apocalypse Jeff Zhou

In the midst of a normal day, the Earth awakens from a long slumber, like a bear after hibernating in the wintertime. Without warning, the earth trembles and shakes every city; it is merciless as countless buildings fall: the magnificent skyscrapers and churches that took decades to build. The telephone wires are downed everywhere and electricity runs free; as if electricity is a hungry lion coming out of its mountain cave. Gradually, as predicted, electricity turns into fires that burn through the grasslands, the plants, and the forests. The Earth cries tears of pain; with tremendous strength, it rattles for the final time, awakening the oceans. The waves roar furiously as they drown and devour every continent and island, putting the fires to sleep. For a brief moment, the world is finally at peace, All is silent and undisturbed. But just as we think all is calm, the majestic, blazing sun has seen enough; it responds by exploding into flames that burn the planets and stars, the entire solar system, erasing everything from existence, leaving no clues for whoever might look for evidence in the future.

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Spring Rebirth

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Losing

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Anger and Guilt

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Social Distancing

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Change Others Refuse

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The Attitude of an Optimist

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The Red Bow

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pages 119-120

End

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The Universal Entity

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Coronavirus

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Utopia of Endless Seas

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Stronger Than Fear

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From The Fog of Youth

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Dark Sky

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A Shaken Snow Globe

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Care For the Friendly Clouds

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Theme for English B

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Justice

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page 95

Nature Has Won

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I Will Be Dancing

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Elegy for Anne

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Impossible Extrications

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Be My Eternity

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To Be Alive

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They Have To Be

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page 77

Poetry’s Invitation

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page 73

The Shy Mirror

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page 63

Ode to a Glass of Cold Water

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The Hill That Reached the Stars

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pages 67-68

King of the Coast

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The Present

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pages 59-60

Gone

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Sonnet 1: Friends

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Have Some Empathy

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Illusions of the Mind

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Apocalypse

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pages 47-48

My Thoughts on a Rainy Sunday Morning

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Candle Light

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pages 35-36

Goodbye Sunny Days

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The Moon and I

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Ice Olation

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That’s so 2020

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