Lakeridge High School - Symposium Yearbook (Lake Oswego, OR)

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BUT THEN AGAIN IT MIGHT JUST - BECAUSE THERE ARE NEW PEOPLE EVEN IF THERE ARE NO CLOCKS WHAT TIME IS IT? AND THERE ARE GOOD PEOPLE EVEN IF THERE ARE NO CLOCKS WHAT TIME ISN'T IT? AND VALID CHANGES ARE WORTH A TRY AND MAYBE IN THE PROCESS I COULD LEARN TO TRUST MYSELF AND MAYBE IN THE PROCESS I COULD MAKE SOME FRIENDS AND MAYBE IN THE PROCESS I COULD LEARN SOMETHING LIKE THERE'S MORE THAN ROCKS AND WATER IN MY HEAD AND I HAVE A BRAIN AND I HAVE A HEART AND I CAN THINK AND I CAN FEEL AND I CAN CARE AND I CAN THINK AND I CAN FEEL AND I CAN CARE AND MAYBE THEN I COULD BE A BETTER HUMAN BEING AND MAYBE THEN I COULD LEARN TO THINK OF OTHER PEOPLE TOO AND THE HELL WITH CLOCKS - DOES ANYBODY REALLY KNOW OR CARE WHAT TIME IT IS? THAT RUN PAST THE YARDS Introduction 7

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AND THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE AND THERE AREN'T ENOUGH DOORS AND THERE'S NO PLACE TO SMOKE AND I DON'T FEEL FREE BUT DAMN IT THERE ARE NO CLOCKS AND THERE ARE NO CLOCKS! AND THE CARPETING ISN'T COMPLETE WHAT TIME IS IT AND THE LUNCH LINE IS TOO LONG AND I DON'T WANT TO TRY FOR CHANGE AND THE ROOMS ECHO 'CAUSE WHAT I SAY DOESN'T AND THERE ARE NO CLOCKS! MATTER AND IT WHAT TIME IS IT WOULDN'T WORK Introduction 6

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THE LIGHT STEALS IN THROUGH THE FRESHLY CUT AND POLISHED AND PLACED WINDOWS TO ROMP AMONG ALL THE FRESHLY BOUGHT AND SHINED AND LABELED LOCKERS AND FLY AMONG THE UNHANDLED FRESHLY CATALOGUED AND NUMBERED AND SHELVED BOOKS WHICH STARE BLANKLY BACK ALONG FRESHLY PLASTERED AND PAINTED AND CLEANED WALLS Introduction 8