Juneau High School - Totem Yearbook (Juneau, AK)

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SUSTENANCE ' FLOWERS symbols ol the races, Of the North and colder places, Flowers of the crags and mountains- Differ far from those of fountains. Death and beauty intermingled- Each one for a purpose singled. Lilies, violets, monkey faces, In the fields and funny places. Everything a wild bee wishes. Seaweed growing deep for fishes, Swaying, curling, growing bigger. Indians cursing, swilling liquor. Paths o'er grown with currants thorny, Nettles, Indian celery horny. Lilies, violets, monkey faces, In the fields and funny places. Iris from the tombs of Pharaohs Growing strong near lacy yarrows. Placid lilies in a lake, Skeeters breeding in the lake, Roaring down aflush with blood- Gasping, dying, in the flood. Lilies, violets, monkey faces, In the fields and funny places. Dead squaw, rotting in the earth, Earth worms crawling through her girth. Help to fertilize the flowers'- Strong, defiant Alaskan flowers. Take their life from what they can- Wasting fish or plant or man. Lilies, violets, monkey faces, In the fields and funny places. Glacier moss on rocky hillsidesg Scotch bluebells on self same hillsides. Moss is eaten by a deer, Bear in turn will eat the deer- But the moss grows on the hillside, Bluebells round on rocky hillside. Lilies, violets, monkey faces, In the fields and funny places. -B. W. '35 Ill I