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Shredding

November 17, 2011
By Karlynne PLATINUM, Orange Park, Florida
Karlynne PLATINUM, Orange Park, Florida
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Favorite Quote:
Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-Vivian Greene


Fear coursed through my carbon fibers as I realized where my future was headed. Even though I've been hung on this cold white door for 3 months, I've obviously served my purpose. This...human, as the others called it at the mill, was going to shred me. I'm the last of my kind. The kind humans call Bills. The human kept finding us. I watched as he shredded us one by one. Some were found under the bed and some on the table.
"My life is about to end," I thought to myself. Then, like the red sea parting, the phone rang. I was set down. Another day my foe, another day.


The author's comments:
The bell-work in my English class that day was to write a short story about a piece of paper about to be shredded. I'd say i accomplished that.

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