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Town Meeting

I appeared in front of the Committee But they would not allow me to be heard I had reasons, justifications, and questions, But they had no interest in my concerns They brushed me off as they went ahead Disregarding me from the start They forgot or did not care, Of the Committee, I was part. "I am the strongest member!" I cried. "My vote counts more than yours!" But the Committee members laughed at me Unshaken by my words. I marched up to the podium Screamed until I had no voice The Comittee looked at me wide eyed, And the Committee stopped making noise. 

Evil Kids

I've always been a big fan of horror movies. When I was younger, I used to watch this movie called Murder By Phone, which my research from IMBD indicates, is about a former phone company employee designing a device that kills people when they pick up the phone. And it's up to some guy to stop the killer... All I really remember about the movie was the phone ringing and people picking it up saying "Hello?" and immediately suffering some horrible death. I used to call it "The Lady Scream" presumably because ladies did quite a bit of screaming throughout the film. My mother likes to retell the story of how she had a friend over and I came out of the family room and said "Mumma, can you put on The Lady Scream?" Over time, my tastes in horror movies matured a little bit. I still liked bad music in combination with predictable mistakes and scenarios - but also ventured into some more in depth horror films. My favourite horror movie is called The Descen