Phoenix Country Day School - Phoenician Yearbook (Paradise Valley, AZ)

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AT ONCE IF EVER I DIE The thing that is important to me now is not: the reality of god or angels (i don ' t care as long as i can touch the sky) and not the theory of evolution or some mental patient ' s idea of the future as it stands in his mind (which by the way is still hung up on the stock market crash of 1929 !) or even the scientific explanation (behind) the emergence of a winged and wonderful wander ing butterfly . . . from an ugly, brown cocoon. No: i dont care if the wind moves southeast at 8. 10 miles per hour and the days depend on electrical power (for all i know: there would be no daylight at all, per say, if america turned off all its switches :AT ONCE) I want just to have the security of knowing, i can blink my , eyes , tickle a dande- lion (touch the sky) and out of j oy start crying. if ever i die if ever i leave (here) Suddenly! and without warning . . . like a storm; laugh at my departure giggle at my demise. Don ' t let the edges of your smile droop down ward into despair, inch those quivering edges into a smile and don ' t let it collapse ' cause (when you do) i think i will die inside for good. Until then, my mind is still romping in grass roots and dandelions and grasping at butter- flies . , . so let it remain at peace smile at my still body and know that it is happy with in. 191

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This page is for MRS. ENGLISH so she can have all the room she needs. 5 193