New Utrecht High School - Comet Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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cl: if -ll- .JB J' T-A Moon Igllf PVIZQ lvrlflfllflg Poem By BERNICE eouasene The moonlnghl on lhe wafer l-lad a haunlung golden glow And as I slood and walched ll ll seemed lo spread a .d grow. J a I'++l's yellow llc er Becoming 'laj unlurled Was covering lhe waler And lighllng up lhe world. The sparlcles ol lhe wafer Were The diamonds ol my soul And lhe shadows on lhe surface, The dreamens highesl goal: And as lhe glow enveloped me, And lhe clouds passed from my sighl, The world became a beller place And everylhlng was rlghl.

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