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Writing assignment #1: An Unforgettable Moment The room was hollow and empty, save for the handful of people loosely huddled near the front.  The light in the room was bleaching and life-zapping, made more torturous by the flickering bulb in the far right corner.  The hum of the air conditioning drowned out the sounds of the living.  This wasn’t a place for life, anyway.  After all, the room’s focal point was the cremation chamber. The chair I was sitting on was hard and uncomfortable.  But I didn’t mind it much.  I was busy thinking.  Remembering. She kept the greeting cards my sisters and I gave her for her birthday.  A

Blue is the stupidest color that ever existed. Blue is a lonely color. Blue is a quiet color. Blue is a sad color. It could've been any color on the wheel but it chose to be blue. It could've been passionate red, coloring the world vivid. It could've been happy yellow, coloring the world bright.  It could've been grass green, coloring the world afresh.  It could've been royal purple, coloring the world in majesty. But it chose to be blue.  And stay blue for all eternity.  It's a stupid color to choose to be so lonely, quiet, and sad. But it's the color of calm oceans and gentle seas.  It's the color of the clear noon sky. It's the colo