Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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I hey arc aware— painfully — of imnu-diarc, day-t()-da - exist- ence, ot unrelenting evaluation, of ceaseless change. The stream swells to fruition, self-knowledge, then disperses through the broad gates of rough-hewn stone. A stream hurstmg with the memory of these ears w hieh are no more and cannot be again. The broad stream is too shal- low; there is a deeper know ledge, more intimate, more exact. It is the pattern of the single particle. This, the understanding of tor- ment, joy, inertia, spoil. Isolated, observed, he watched the phases of his own self-change, so much the same, yet different from the rest. 15

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August melts into September, and with this merging comes a torrent to refresh the stream. He was part ot this; burdened ith the same apprehensions and bulging suitcases, he came within the wall. Nothing here, but hor- rible loneliness. Unknown and unknowing, he wanted to shout and tell what he had done, but no one seemed to care. Uneasy laughter, nervous chatter, des- perate longing to be part ot something, to belong. Older faces — more confident m white shirt- sleeves and pleated skirts beckoned to him with the promise of forbidden fruit, answers to his unknown questions. He redis- covered home; this time a pigeon hole on the fourth floor, built for 17