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Aug 2018
my neighbor stabbed someone last night
a middle school scuffle turned to adult altercation
and two houses down in the middle of my street
my neighbor was stabbed by someone last night
words turned to fists turned to metal
switch and flick and with children looking on
my neighbor stabbed my neighbor last night
attempted manslaughter and 150 thousand bond and
another child enters in the system
because last night was just another night in the neighborhood
First time living in a neighborhood that ever makes news. I love my neighbors that I know, there's just a lotta hard here.
Lauren Christine
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Lauren Christine  20/F/Knoxville
(20/F/Knoxville)   
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   --- and Eyes Like Galaxies
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