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by Avery H., age 12

Avery is a writer, artist, and music addict who lives in Brooklyn. She loves nature and the night, and aspires to inspire. Despite this, most of the time, Avery is serving her fandoms -- such as Hamilton and Undertale. “Tighten / And ripple / And ache / And redden.”

Tighten

And ripple

And ache

And redden.

To feel

To see

To look away

This way.

To look in the mirror

I see myself in his smile

And I know you see it too.

It’s agony

To know

What you don’t know

And that you’ll never know.