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Audra Witte<\/em><\/h4>\n

 <\/p>\n

I miss the new discoveries<\/span><\/p>\n

That are now normal.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ms. Janet\u2019s koi pond waterfall that I was so interested in<\/span><\/p>\n

Her kitchen full of wonders, I needed stools to see<\/span><\/p>\n

The nighttime breeze and sweet sunsets<\/span><\/p>\n

That I have unfortunately become accustomed to.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I remember my sticky hands<\/span><\/p>\n

From sugared strawberries<\/span><\/p>\n

Purple princess sunglasses<\/span><\/p>\n

And a big bucket hat,<\/span><\/p>\n

I was so happy to be there.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

My preschool friends and I would dance<\/span><\/p>\n

in the fresh grass,<\/span><\/p>\n

Barefooted and wild.<\/span><\/p>\n

Screaming all the words that we knew<\/span><\/p>\n

Thinking about the words we didn\u2019t<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Freaking out the way our hands would turn red under a flashlight<\/span><\/p>\n

Unaware of what we were<\/span><\/p>\n

Dreaming of what we would become<\/span><\/p>\n

Petting the neighborhood cat<\/span><\/p>\n

And flipping over the ladybugs in distress<\/span><\/p>\n

Smelling the mulch and\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Green earthy musk<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

With the only concerns\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

of ripping off band aids too hard.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Audra Witte<\/strong> says, “Hello, my name is Audra Witte, and I am majoring in Psychology and minoring in Creative Writing. I am graduating in Rutgers Class of 2026. I am from Sayreville, NJ. Creative writing has always been a passion of mine; I wrote my first song at five years old and my first screenplay at seven. In my free time, I enjoy playing piano, writing poetry, songs, plays, and hiking.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Audra wrote this poem in a creative writing class taught by Professor Joanna Fuhrman. Fuhrman selected the piece for inclusion in WHR<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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