Why Them? Stephen Hayes

Introduction 2004 Selections Sarah Aclander Unity! Alex Addison Run to Your Mother Alex Addison: Your Name Allison Baker The Room Time's Divorce Scarlet Matter Imprisoned Childhood Chloe Campbell Love Unveiled Keys, of Course Grow up Music Clio Domagala Whiskey in the Jar Patronage Ramble of Doom Rachel Fisher Siren Lauren Forney Karl Maulfrey Stood You're Late Clawed at My Own Heart Tick Tock Red Clock Stephen Hayes Writer's Block Essay on Writer's Blocks Please Tell Me A Vessel's Final Resting Place Why Them? The Legend of Hal Leonardson and His Sidekicks The Once Again Hidden Flame The Lost Emily Hesselton Though I Am Flirting with Danger I Am Laid to Rest Façade Just Limitation Eternity Anat Kimchi View from My Window Kelley Lenhart The Ways of Mourning Vision Nightmare The Lighthouse Keeper Melissa McWilliams A Way to the Lost World Souls Hannah Monti The Super Healers Dream or Reality Rolling Tires of Life Bich-Thao Nguyen Fate Perfect, Yet Not Wishing True Samantha Phillips Insomnia My Secret Fairytale Suicide William Prior Traveling Vessel Fantasy The Dark Traveler Rebecca Shepherd My Evolution God's Plea Freeze Real Life Aoko Grace Stubee Grace Ann Noland Lauren White His poor little soul First Day at Camp My Best Friend Prejudice Bored Destine Windon Parents Realize Kelsey Younce Put Me At Ease Some Religion Bad Day

Why should I work for them my entire life I'm not their slave Why should I worry about their well-being They couldn't care less about mine I am but a number on a piece of paper Not a different spirit They use me until I become aged And then I am never thanked for what My labor has given them An ocean of pure riches While it has left me parched earth Where I seek an oasis every thousand miles