Galesburg High School - Reflector Yearbook (Galesburg, IL)

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- .1.g 1' S GLASSES - 5 WIND The wincl in shameless cruelty. Tore up a small chilclqs lcite Then twitchecl a girlis soft flying hair Ancl tool: her hat from sight. He hlew the heggaris flimsy coat Until he shivering lay. I woncler if the wincl some clay Will hlow himself away! -Patricia Rogers SOUTH SEA SILHOUETTE A lunar target heclcs a foolish loon: A silver plate is the hlue lagoon: But a hlaclcer shadow than the hlaclc of night shatters the plate and clevours its light. The shaclow hurls and spears the moon With a lancing mast like a ghost spontoon. This is the picture that East of Day A lonely sailor on his lonely way Sees and misses in that coral hay. -Rupert Miller INTELLIGENSIA O IN MERRIE ENGLAND

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