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Jasmine Ames
Age 11

 


Color

               Worried Purple
It smells like a Jasmine flower,
             Chicken and dumplings.
           It sounds like a child
            Screaming for help.
               It feels slimy like
                        A snail.
         It looks like a ghost in
                 A dark room.
Worried is a crazy bum running
             Across the street

 

Jasmine Ames studies at the after school program of the Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center in New York City.

 

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