writingprompts: 367 San Antonio, Texas, is a collection of awkward, ungainly teenagers.  One of them is a teenager from a family that has only just recently became wealthy.  She wears designer clothing but in an uncomfortable, shifty manner, as if her parents had purchased the clothes off the back of a truck instead of at an expensive department store.  Another is a shy blue collar teenager.  She wears baggy t-shirts and blue jeans and looks down upon the ground when she walks.  She spents copious amounts of time voraciously reading and only comes to life when she conjures up imaginary worlds of her own. A third teenager is a rough, acne-scarred gangbanger.  He sports a buzz cut and a bandana wrapped around his head and gazes out angrily at the world.  He fights to defend, prefers using knives over guns, drives an old vehicle he’s completely rebuilt and restored, secretly wants to be an auto mechanic, and loves his family and is scared that his younger siblings will follow his lead.  A fourth teenager is a mean bullying blue collar boy who exists out of the gang culture but has a lengthy juvenile rap sheet.  He spends a lot of time shoplifting and pickpocketing, runs minor rackets, beats people up, and his face is a cold, vicious stare. A fifth teenager battles with a sixth over control of the whole assembly of teens.  One of these teens is a hyperidealistic sort with little real world experience but a lot of time spent reading about utopian solutions to society’s ills.  This teen thinks world peace can be easily affected in his or her lifetime and is really hyped up about moral absolutes.  The other teen is a morose-looking cynic — almost a nihilist — who believes that Utopia can only ever exist on paper.  He or she has had a lot happen in his or her rather short life and feels that life has taught him or her that there are no easy solutions to things. Together, these teens are trying to grow up by themselves.  They have no adults in their lives to guide them through or provide them with life support, so they’re trying to learn how to grow up on their own.  They try to look up to certain trusted adults in their lives to give them cues on how to mature and grow.  Sometimes one of these trusted adults gives them little hints and pointers and for that they’re extremely grateful, but for the vast majority of the time, they struggle to grow and to grow up completely independently. That’s my San Antonio.

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San Antonio, Texas, is a collection of awkward, ungainly teenagers.  One of them is a teenager from a family that has only just recently became wealthy.  She wears designer clothing but in an uncomfortable, shifty manner, as if her parents had purchased the clothes off the back of a truck instead of at an expensive department store.  Another is a shy blue collar teenager.  She wears baggy t-shirts and blue jeans and looks down upon the ground when she walks.  She spents copious amounts of time voraciously reading and only comes to life when she conjures up imaginary worlds of her own.

A third teenager is a rough, acne-scarred gangbanger.  He sports a buzz cut and a bandana wrapped around his head and gazes out angrily at the world.  He fights to defend, prefers using knives over guns, drives an old vehicle he’s completely rebuilt and restored, secretly wants to be an auto mechanic, and loves his family and is scared that his younger siblings will follow his lead.  A fourth teenager is a mean bullying blue collar boy who exists out of the gang culture but has a lengthy juvenile rap sheet.  He spends a lot of time shoplifting and pickpocketing, runs minor rackets, beats people up, and his face is a cold, vicious stare.

A fifth teenager battles with a sixth over control of the whole assembly of teens.  One of these teens is a hyperidealistic sort with little real world experience but a lot of time spent reading about utopian solutions to society’s ills.  This teen thinks world peace can be easily affected in his or her lifetime and is really hyped up about moral absolutes.  The other teen is a morose-looking cynic — almost a nihilist — who believes that Utopia can only ever exist on paper.  He or she has had a lot happen in his or her rather short life and feels that life has taught him or her that there are no easy solutions to things.

Together, these teens are trying to grow up by themselves.  They have no adults in their lives to guide them through or provide them with life support, so they’re trying to learn how to grow up on their own.  They try to look up to certain trusted adults in their lives to give them cues on how to mature and grow.  Sometimes one of these trusted adults gives them little hints and pointers and for that they’re extremely grateful, but for the vast majority of the time, they struggle to grow and to grow up completely independently.

That’s my San Antonio.