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Will flame if tossed in water.
Chloride is poison to inhale.
would be stable as salt.
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is made of varnished wood.
The interior, a sealed secret.
I need in a friend.
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still sits on a shelf above my bed.
another victim of my temper.
after that baby doll was smashed.
we always crash against the wall again.
of You said that! No, I didn’t! Yes, you did!
in her pink frilly dress.
Jacqueline Jules is a teacher, librarian, and author of fifteen books including “Unite or Die: How Thirteen States Became a Nation,” “No English,” and the upcoming “Zapato Power.” Her poetry has appeared in “Cicada,” “Cricket,” “Christian Science Monitor,” and others. To learn more about her, please visit www.jacquelinejules.com.