PUZZLE PIECE 22
AMELINA – GOSSIP ABOUT THE BIRDS
Gossip flies like birds,
Who do you believe and trust?
A lucky escape?
Is wisdom’s Chinese lantern,
Fortune told by curios.
A few days after Jade’s terrible experience, we were back in school, chatting during the morning break period. We sat together but, apart from the nerds and video gamers, the internet jokers, the mean girls and the fashionistas. Joselyn would have sat with the studious crew, but a special quality about her made us steal her away from their boring clutches. Perhaps it was her detective aura. She was serious, but we liked her vibe. The rest of us belonged to the cool music or drama club crowd, but we stayed clear of those who were dramatic just because they liked to cause a scene. In the promenade, the area we sat
