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The Independent

The student news site of Glenbard South High School in Glen Ellyn, Illinois

The Independent

“The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store”: American Progress
“The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store”: American Progress
Abby Edwards, Scoop Writer • May 3, 2024

In “The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store” by James McBride, It is no secret that Chicken Hill is a place of struggle, and in 1930, Jews and African Americans had to depend...

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She was Never the Same After That

Isolation.

A world of nobody but your own soul.

The feeling that disappearance is the only option.

But it’s not.

 

Surrounded.

A world full of people.

The feeling that disappearance is the only option.

But it’s not.

 

A torn soul,

split between worlds,

always looking for thread

to stitch herself back up.

 

Isolated yet surrounded.

A soul in a sea of bodies.

A feeling that may never go away

But never an option.

The only solution

is to live.

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Amina Irfanullah
Amina Irfanullah, Scoop Writer
I am Amina Irfanullah and I am a senior here at Glenbard South High School. I am currently in NHS, MSA, and Principal's Advisory Board besides Newspaper. My current goal for this year is to finish strong and post as many articles or poems/short stories as I possibly can!

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