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This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Wake Forest chapter.

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I want to go back home to 

the smell of the Mississippi and Beale.

To the place where I could get 

A wedding-cake snow cone from Jerry’s

with ice cream swirled in.

A place I could get a cold treat

and some familiarity. 

Where crime flurried all around 

but I never felt scared on the streets 

because that is where people looked like me. 

When our eyes met, there was an understanding. 

I knew and they did too.

 

Mckenzie Baker

Wake Forest '21

Mckenzie Baker is a 20 year old with roots in Memphis, TN and Atlanta, Ga. She enjoys writing about identity and time. She is currently a third year at Wake Forest University and her favorite smell is freshly cut grass.
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Haleigh Monyek

Wake Forest

Hailing from Chicago, this Midwesterner turned Southern Belle is the Editor-in-Chief of Wake Forest University's chapter. When she isn't journaling for fun in her free time, she is obsessed with running around campus in giant sunglasses, wearing gold glitter eyeliner, and munching on trail mix. She's still struggling on saying "y'all" and not "guys" and has yet to try Cookout's legendary milkshakes. Follow her on twitter @Hmonyek!