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Jennifer Lee

The Summer I Was Sixteen

One-six

The big one-six

Now we all have cars and licenses

Ready to explore and adventure

On hot, humid, summer days.

Carnivals and the fourth of July

Cotton candy and water parks

Beaches and fireworks

That's how it is

Careless and free

That's how it ought to be

But bang, a crash

Police and ambulance arrive

What happens next?

Tell my family and friends

That I love them

Sixteen

Sixteen too young

And gone

[TABLE OF CONTENTS, LHS CLASS OF 2013 EDITION]