Iroquois Central High School - Iroquoian Yearbook (Elma, NY)

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In the Mines The mines are a dark labyrinth of loss. They are intangible and therefore terrifying. We would gladly forget the memories of the rotten times that are the mines, but we cannot. They come like phantoms of the night, uninvited. We would gladly forget the failures and losses, the blunders and misses. It would be easier not to remember feeling trapped or alone. It would be great if we never relived hating or being hated, or the pointless fury of others and ourselves. We might wish to seal the mines, never to return. But the mines cannot be escaped. 6