Lincoln High School - Quill Yearbook (Jersey City, NJ)

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l pered to me, touched me with their pointed prongs, chuckled slyly at my writhings. I forced my eyes open. Tears came, hot, scalding tears of resentment. I pictured green pastures, cool and quiet, the calm depths of a still lake, overshadowed by faintly sighing willows. Across my mind flashed the remembrance of the strange and mystic hush before a summer's storm, when all of nature holds its breath and waits for the promised rain. The wail of a neighbor's colicky baby aroused me to the agony of my splitting head. Wild schemes of knives and murdered children rushed through my mind, darkly fiendish tortures, worthy of the Inquisition, came to life and were nurtured tenderly. The little red devils returned to laugh ghoulishly and incite me to deeds of horror. Uvercome by pain and anger, I sprang to my feet and tramped danger' ously about the room. If only I dared scream at the top of my lungs, rave and rant until my pentfup feelings were relieved! My heart leaped at the thought of causing a scandal by rushing into that group of bridgefmad, gossiping women, and demanding peace at any price. I grinned maliciously as I imagined their astounded looks and gaping mouths, and smiled inwardly as I prophesied an I'll see you later, Miss look on my mother's humiliated face. Yet I did not dare! A coward, I slunk back into my chair, and stayed huddled there, counting the minutes as they slowly dragged on and on. Never had the bedtime seemed so far away. I gritted my teeth, resolving grimly to keep a stiff upper lip. Eventually I heard my mother's friends go home. One by one the neighborhood radios were hushedg the automobiles were silent. The time when nothing stirs had arrived. Now at last would my aching temples stop their constant throbbing. Anxiously, eagerly, I waited for the pain to disappear. I undressed and clambered into bed. As I slipped into a troubled slumber, one thought stood out in my incredulous brain: I still had my headache' Rita Weiss. 1 V v ' '5' I .I . 'GiQ,-1117211 . ZEZEE L ' Messgsyf S'

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