Stone Soup

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The City

Stoplights reflect off the bay
The faint sound of glasses clinking and people talking is carried on the breeze
The moon is shrouded by clouds
Towering buildings blink with neon lights
A lone car drives across a scarlet bridge

The City Karinne Ulrey
Karinne Ulrey, 10
Los Gatos, CA
Orange Landscape Eli Breyer Essiam
Eli Breyer Essiam, 10
Cambridge, MA