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Watery Grave

I feel a lot of inexplicable anxiety when I'm doing simple, everyday things in public, like drinking water. This piece is a humourous exaggeration of the thoughts that go through my head when I'm drinking from a water fountain.

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Acceptable

My piece of writing explores my complex relationship with diving–a sport that fills me with exhilaration and passion yet fear and anxiety at the same time. As a competitive diver, I feel burdened by the pressure to perform my best which can be overwhelming.

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Poems

Poetry is how I communicate a feeling that is too complicated for a name. It helps me to explain things that I otherwise couldn't. I write mostly unfiltered and purely from a burst of inspiration.

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From a Friend

This piece discusses my personal struggles with jealousy. I think that it's intriguing because I haven't really seen people go into depth about jealousy in this way because both characters don't have any diminishing traits, yet one still feels disgusted by the other.

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