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

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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

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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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S 4 I ' I f 1' ,- THAT RUN PAST OF THE YARDS OF FRESHLY LAID AND CLEANED AND SMOOTHED FLOORS THROUGH STEEL DOORS TO A MYRIAD OF FRESHLY CARPETED AND FURNISHED AND STERILE ROOMS: AND BACK THROUGH THE WINDOWS TO CRY OUT IN THE MORNING STILLNESS IN A WAIL OF UNCHECKED YEARNING FOR THE FRESHLY AWARE AND VIBRANT AND LIFE-FILLED TOUCH OF - JEREMY LAPIDUS EQ