The Ocean Is Wearing My Clothes: Student Stories and Poems

Marifer, 4th Grade

Writers in the Schools

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Toys

Shopkins, you remember
me playing with you.
But Harvey destroyed you
with his madness and
followed by my other
toys. My big unicorn
plushie in the hospital
waiting to come out.
My family’s hearts broke
apart. My unicorn plushie
with no more magic.