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Ballad of a Ghetto Poet 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书
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PI~OtOGU[<br > "They dead, they all dead!"<br > Aileen Mayes recoiled back at the pain-filled voice that screamed over the<br > phone line. She didn t have to see Elizabeth Grayson s face to know that it was<br > reddened and streaked with tears. The emotion in her voice was almost tangible.<br > "Who s dead? Who s dead, Elizabeth?" Aileen asked in a fearful whisper.<br > "The boys, Candy! They all dead! They all shot, at the house, at the house! Oh,<br > God, I can t breathe, I can t take this...I can t!" she wailed pitifully.<br > Aileen s heart hammered loudly. Her worse fear, her worse nightmare was<br > being announced as a reality at that very moment. She loved her students, and<br > had worked so hard to instill in them a desire to fulfill their dreams. A desire to<br > be more than what the streets in the Church Hill part of Richmond, Virginia<br > had to offer them. She had her stars. Students whose futures shined like the<br > luminaries that lit up the sky over Maymount Park. Sean Grayson had been one<br > of those stars, although he didn t know it. But Aileen did. She saw it every time<br > she read his work. The spirit, energy and power he would put in every poem,<br > every bit of prose he would pen.<br > The wailing continued, turning into deep, beckoning howls. A mother s cry.<br > "How...how?" Aileen asked as her own tears gathered in her eyes.<br > "They come to my house; hurt my children. Shooting and fighting and fight-<br > ing and..." Elizabeth paused, choking on her sobs.<br > Aileen could hear voices in the background telling Elizabeth Grayson to<br > hurry, that they were leaving for the hospital. A hope filled her. If they were<br > oin to the hospital then maybe lust maybe the children were not dead!<br > g,, g r , ~ ,, ~ . ~,, .<br > Are you sure they re dead, Elizabeth? Are you certain. Aileen asked.<br > Silence cried back at her. "Elizabeth?" she called out again, panicking.<br > "I have to go. We re leaving now," Elizabeth said. "We re at MCV!"<br > "Okay, but what about Chico? Elizabeth? Elizabeth?"<br > Aileen heard music, but it was the sound of the dial tone, letting her know<br > that Elizabeth Grayson had hung up. She hung up her own receiver and rushed<br >
Ballad of a Ghetto Poet 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书