Manzano High School - Scepter Yearbook (Albuquerque, NM)

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Suit yourself' I snapped and I slammed the door, leaving him alone just once did I turn back to look at him. He sat motion- less his face pressed against the window, very young, very small, in that big car And in that Instant I knew I recognized that look. It had been mine once, and now it was his. It would always be his to remember, to cry over, to hate with. I wanted to scream with his pam With my pain. Come Mama urged Let him be. Let him mope, He Il get over it I turned to face her this woman who was my mother. This woman from whom I was not nor could I ever be again, so removed I slipped my arm through hers, and we walked close together through the raindrops, bound by a common tyranny of adulthood, by something be- yond reason and stronger than will. You re right I lied as we mounted the steps to the entrance of the restaurant By the time he gets married, he ll have forgotten all about it ...Liz Sanchez Il ' II I II II II , . I ' II I I I I Il I ' II ' I II I ' Il Scraggy sprigs of grass are docile in the fanning of the wind. Railroad ties cut the earth with a path of cold iron. Blue spruce enchant the senses and dab caressable peaks of sculptured mountains. Yesterday's pioneers of the west etching your way across a continent, Where have you laid your feet? Upon these alluring clay grounds silver glint of tumbleweed among huge boulders Where did you place your bed at dusk? Fog cresting those mountains Where did you find your home? Mystical shadowing branches of aspen What did you do when afraid? ...Karen Tilley Hold out your hand Grasp the color of this time Feel the wind inside your soul Catch the fragrance in your mind ...laney Guthrie

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It rs a name jeremy chose and It surts the cat nrcely dont you thInk? I am I thought I am very trred of thrs summer of thrs heavrness of you Mom jeremy called through the screen door Look he s lettrng me hold hIm' The cat had allowed Itself to be prcked up and was restrng warrly rrgrdly agarnst jeremy s chest On rmpluse I suggested Why don t we open a can of tuna and grve hrm some? Gee Mom really? jeremy Sald Hearthat Cully? Well I never' Mama exclarmed You re crazy plarn crazy Thrs trme the cat stayed wrth jeremy for nearly half an hour lettrng hrmself be held and petted before he d had enough and darted away Hell be back jeremy announced wrth confrdence Tomorrow He drd come back The next day and the next and the next Early Thursday mornrng whrle jeremy was on the porch grvrng the cat mrlk the telephone rang It was Frank Darlrng? I knew from the one word that somethrng was wrong Frank what rs It? He chuckled sheeprshly Well I m afrard your fool of a husband has gone and done It agarn Honey the boys we played softball In Central Park yesterday after work an Your back' I moaned You threw It out agarn' Is It bad? He took a deep shaky breath Bad he sard Frank had developed drsc trouble durrng hrs college football days Oh my poor darlrng' I exclarmed How are you managmg? Food and Dont worry he sard tryrng to reassure me Mrs Krttleson arrrves promptly at twelve and frve wrth her In comparable culrnary delrghts But the pornt rs Frank went on youll have to wart It out up there for a few more days untrl thrs thrng IS over Untrl I can get up to help wrth the packrng My heart sank I had forgotten for an Instant that thrs was to be my weekend of lrberatron Nothrng dorng I sard wrth sudden resolve I ve a brg strong son and a wrllrng mother to help We ll shove everythrng Into the wagon and leave frrst thrng In the mornrng Frank protested but not too strongly It was no fun be Ing flat on your back wrth no one for company but Mrs Krttleson twrce a day Mama leaned agarnst the srnk her arms folded I ll dont see what the brg hurry rs why we have to rush home lrke manracs Hell be all rrght In a few days he s strong as a My husband IS In parn and he needs me' I retorted furrously All rrght' Her vorce sprraled Do what you want' You re the boss you always know whats best' She srghed and looked around the room Well we d better begrn now thrs mrnute If we re to be ready by morn n Phaethon 74 jeremy stood very strll on the porch lrstenrng Come In now jeremy I sard shortly We need your help He opened the door reluctantly and stepped rnsrde There was a questron In hrs eyes and a hrnt of fear but I had no trme for hrm now Vrsrons of Frank Iyrng down alone In the darkness In agony assarled me through the long lonely nrght Toward mornrng after managmg to drop IntO an uneasy sleep at last I was awakened by a prnchrng cramp In the calf of my leg Massagrng It furrously I felt exhausted before the day had even begun It was srx o clock and rarnrng thun derously Large summer drops fell lrke stones on the gray world outsrde Oh frne' I muttered forcrng myself to get up In sprte of the famrlrar dull ache In my back I was determrned to get an early start An hour later Mama stood wrth her bulgrng straw bag In the mrddle of the Irvrng room checkrng for any forgot ten Items It was then that I notrced jeremy standrng at the krtchen door peerrng out INTO the yard Okay that about does It I saId He dId not turn a round jeremy we re ready I could not keep the trredness from my vorce He turned and I saw a qurver rrpple hrs lower lrp I m not gorng he Sald In a slow delrberate vorce Not wrthout Cully I closed my eyes Oh jeremy thats rrdrculous and you know It I m not gorng wrthout hrm' I m takrng hrm home He s mrne The parn In my back never qurte gone renewed Itself wrth a vrgorous stab I Inhaled sharply Beads of persprra jeremy I explarned wrth exaggerated patrence Hers a stray used to roamrng off by hrmself He would hate It In the crty He loves me jeremy sard begrnnrng to whrne When he comes for breakfast thrs mornrng he won t frnd anyone here and he ll thrnk What not? Mama demanded comrng In from the lrv Ing room Nothrng I replred curtly Are we ready to go? Ready ready she saId jeremy glared at her He drdn t move from hrs post at the door Now look' I sard sharply Your father IS srck, I have erghty seven mrles of drrvrng ahead of me and It s rarn Ing' Belreve me when I tell youthat cats are very durable creatures He ll soon frnd another source of food Mama and I stepped outsrde Come on I ordered Thrs mmute' He stood there only a moment longer before he o beyed It was a depressrng rrde back The rarn besrdes makrng drrvrng tedrous drd not mange In the least to cool thrngs off Mama srttrng besrde me took out her knrttrng and wrthdrew Into srlence We came to a roadsrde restaurant and I turned the car Into the parkrng lot Lets stop for breakfast here I sard All rrght? I could do wrth a good cup of coffee Mama got out jeremy huddled In back dId not budge I m not hun gry he sard ' ' - , . . . H . , f ' ,H - ll - II ll II ll ,, . , ' ' ' 4' . n In . 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The Frrrng Mr Bluestern hrs harr somewhat bleached from the sun strode brrskly rnto the school offrce The arr con drtroner always seemed to be workrng overtrme rn the of frce and rt made hrm shrver He gently took a seat rn the cold metal charr and started wonderrng why the prrncr pal had asked to see hrm after school It was Teacher of the Year award trme and that thought nudged the cor ners of hrs mouth rnto a slrght smrle He qurckly drscard ed that thought though recallrng the trmes he had been reprrmanded when the prrncrpal had unexpectedly popped rn on a class to frnd teacher and students lost rn laughter usually at somethrng that he the teacher had sard or done I expect to see a more serrous atmosphere next trme I vrsrt one of your classes Mr Bluestern the prrncrpal had sard through hard lrps I wrll wont I? He had had to say Yes srr even rf he drdn t mean rt whrch he usually drdn t But that was passed and he hoped that by now the prrncrpal had notrced some of hrs good pornts He con srdered hrmself a farrly good teacher and was somewhat proud You may see Mr Bartley now lack Huh? He looked up startled out of hrs thoughts by the secre liar Oh okay Thanks he smrled He stood up took a drrnk from the water fountarn whrch clrcked and started to hum just as he pushed the button and bravely strode rnto the prrncrpal s personal offrce not knowrng what to expect Mr Bartley was bent over a putter and golf ball the top of hrs bald head reflectrng the lrght rrght at jack You wanted to see me srr? jack questroned wrth a broad smrle The prrncrpal glanced up and promptly smrled Crt was probably phony lack thoughtl assumrng a fake arr of en thusrasm Yes yes' Srt down Bluestone srt down' he bub b ed Uh thats Bluestern srr lack quretly corrected Of course rt rs declared Mr Bartley lookrng resent ful of berng corrected I suppose you re wonderrng why I called you here There he goes wrth hrs clrches agarn lack thought jack sometrmes thrngs don t work out the way we d lrke them to Mr Bartley sard rn a fatherly tone of vorce Could you get to the pornt srr please? jacks vorce had a touch of rrrrtatron rn rt and hrs smrle was fadrng Mr Bartley srghed Okay You re frred he blurted matter of factly lack muttered a weak Oh and looked pensrve for a moment Oh well he brrghtened up What the heck? Im young rrght? Of course agreed Mr Bartley No hard feelrngs? jack smrled agam Of course not Why would I be mad cue ball head? Mr Bartley laughed then suddenly frowned and self conscrously felt the top of hrs head Phaethon Lrsten lack whrspered rn mock serrousness leanrng towards Mr Bartley Thrs Easter why don t you parnt your head brrght col ors and hrde rn the grass untrl someone trres to peel ya? lack sard rn a sardonrc vorce Bartleys face drdnt know whether to laugh or look drsgusted Hrs mouth frnally broke rnto a grrn then a laugh lack drdn t really thrnk rt was funny but he laughed to get Bartley laughrng laughrng hysterrcally becomrng weak and dropprng hrs putter lack was begrn nrng to become very rrrrtated Hrs eyes checked to see rf the front door was closed It was He glanced nervously out the back door whrch led to the brg trash brns where onlytheranrtors went Srlence abruptly entered the room Bartley s laughrng ceased as he dropped to the floor a red gash rn hrs head from the putter As lack wrped the sneer off hrs face he wrped the blood off the putter head wrth Bartley s coat tarl Checkrng nervously over hrs shoulder he grasped the unconscrous but warm and alrve body rn sort of a headlock and dragged hrm out the back door There was no one around He decrded he couldn t put hrm rn a trash brn for he would be found He wrldly looked around and hrs eyes wrdened He dragged Bart ley over lrfted the lrd and horsted hrm rnto the rncrnera tor The sour stench of cafeterra garbage permeated and prerced hrs nostrrls as he closed the lrd Howdy' lack spun wrldly around hrs eyes wrde and hrs face drawn trght and tense The speaker was an old grubby ranrtor lack wondered rf he saw anythrng I was uh just dumprng some old papers rn here jack stammered They burn trash after school everyday don tthey? he asked hopefully jack trred to be casual h how long were you standrng behrnd me? Oh I just came outta the door as you shut the lrd jack srghed relrefto hrmself Why don tl go ahead and lrght rt eh? lack nervously blurted Sure Why not? lack s tremblrng frngers frnally struck a match and dropped rt rn Smoke started out of the chrmney and the strnkrng odor frltered through the arr jack started to eave Hey Mrster come here lack swallowed hard and turned slowly to the gray faced old man The srlence was makrng lack sweat Frnal ly theranrtor spoke I don t blame ya I never lrked the old baldy erther commented the old man jack s mouth dropped open The man walked over and put hrs gnarled hand on lack s shoulder Ya drd a good rob krd He trred to frre me jack dully stated The old man grrnned toothlessly I guess you could say you frred hrm eh? lack smrled and started laughrng Yeah he proclarmed vrctorrously They both started laughrng and walked away arm rn arm buddy style therr rnsane laughter reverberatrng through the halls of the empty school Ken Gushard ,, . ,, . . . . 1 1 O C - - ,, . , . . 1 . . . . ,, . . . 1 - 1 ' 1 1 . - - 1 - . , 1 . 1 1 , H . . . . . ll - I - . . . - 1 1 I . - . . - 1 - 1 1 1 1 ' ' . . . , H , , . . . - 1 - - . ,, . . - ' ' 1 - 1 f ' ' ll - 1 ll ' s I 1 T Il ' ll - - 1 - - ' ' 1 1 ' . , . . . - . , 1 - 1 1 H H . . . . n , n ' II ll ll ll 1 1 Il ll ' ' ' ' ' , . , . , . - . . . . 11 ' ' I ..... , .... - - II ll 1 I ' . . . , . . 1 11 I , . . 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