Creative Writing: Sycamore Street
Beginning of paper
The sun set slowly, as I made a bending left turn down Sycamore
Street. The steamy February day brought lots of people outside. Noise and
music filled the air along with the strong aroma of fresh marijuana leaves.
Kids running, playing, fighting and causing as much ruckus as possible.
Cutlasses, R ....
Middle of paper
.... in the dirt. He jumped up and raised both hands in excitement, as
if he had won the gold medal for dirt swimming in the 2000 Ghetto Olympics.
Teenage girls lined up like militant soldiers moving in the same sequence
to B.G.’s “Bling-Bling”
Everyone looked up and stared as the very noticeable squad car
crept by, hoping to shake the local people, but no one moved just cold
stares back, as if it was a showdown in the wild wild west. Junkies pasted
by with squeaking shopping carts fil ....
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Word count: 475
Page count: 2 (approximately 250 words per page)
