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Going for Gold

April 9, 2015
By Jackariah BRONZE, Monticello, Illinois
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.&quot;<br /> -Winston Churchill

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They cheer.
They yell my name.
I strive.
My drive.
It kills.
It wills.
Gold.
Not silver.
Not bronze.
Gold.
It calls me.
Then.
I call it back.
It doesn’t answer.
So I leave a message.
And get silver.

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