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

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TCRM By GOLDIE SCHWARTZ T-lurrIcanes lIlce man have several age TD whIch They enacT mans own base characTerIsTIcs ThIs IS The odyssey oT one such hurrIcane a hurrIcane whIch ndeed was ba e For Truly had ThIs InTamous InTanT played TruanT Trom The now obsoleTe school T dIscreTIon l-le was born as all such ThIngs are born In The Turbulenr envIronrnenT oT The CarIbbean whIch was laTer To develop InTo The bIrThplaCe OT hIs deaTh There he lay a soTT purrIng breeze cradled In The arms oT ITS equally InTamous moTher The EasT WInd All InTanTs are models oT Innocence noT so ThIs babe Already had he learned The arT oT desTrucTIon a chIld reaches adolescence so dId The hurrIcane now a slIghT Wlmd Turn The second page oT hIs ITInerary lvlosT chIldren as They approach adolescence Teel The urge o roam To Tree Themselves oT The bonds oT chI drood The hurrIcane was noT dITTerenT l-le Too longed To be Tree he Too heard The call oT The wld X 1 fi' ff BuT alas The shaclcles OT InTancy bore down upon hIm and he Tu ned upon hIs prIson wITh haTred MosT chIldren when TorbIdden a ThIng They desIre InTensely wIll rage Tor awhIle and Then SUbSld6 InTo a melancholy gloom l-loweyer here was no ordInary chIld l-lere was an InsolenT braTl' l-1e snarled and Tl'reaTened and Tmally wITh bruTal Tury compleTely possessIng hIm lIlce Tne mad beasT he was broke loose oT The bonds ThaT had helo nIm And wITh an exulTanT cry he lunged TorTh Trom The envIronmenT oT hIs ancesTor 24 . . f . . . T T J . . . I . . I S . O T T , . T T I . Tl n A . T . . . . 5 T T T T - T T T L T .T T . I , I I . . . i - T T T T - . 1, V, , T I gf' HST - f' I l If fy I xx Y I I ex L N V is , ox. X , X. s. s , , f X ' X gk K If , ,T xxx! f - if K N1-as ' ', X .gxi i . , ff VT ., 15' T , 1 , .T XV My xx X ,Yi V, J K 'Ty T , , ' ll T f 1 f , , , f ' . X f I I ff! I, ,law , -I-. ' T, 1 , - J f 3? - , 43441 1 .V Tr, , 4 Afiigfiig--f' A T-of T, A . F . T . , T - T . U V T .. V I . I I l I I I - ' - . T + ' ' S.

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As I gazed up Trom The waTer, As I gazed up To The moon The ar seemed TI led wlTh muslc Llce a soTT cele Tlal Llne The heavens seemed To open And none wlTh ThaT same glow W I6 The muslc Tllled each brea h oT An s lII wenT on To or w The Trees reached up wlTh pleadlng arms To gaTher ThaT heavenly IlghT And a slngle sTar wlnlced down aT me As lT God had ruled lT rlghT Then IITG became a wonderous Thlng And hand shoolc broTh rs hand Whlle The melody ln every hearT Was lIce ThaT oT an angel band The years behlnd passed ln FGVISW And a chlld was I agaln Then Those To come I also saw And I whlspered a soTT Amen For There I saw n Tull parade My hlghesT hopes and goal I waTCned and TeIT a pIeasanT warmTh Th QIOW w s ln my soul Soon The vlslons Taded And wlTh Them wenT The IlchT ThaT beTTer world ThaT I hao seen Wa Tadlng Trom my slghT A I IeTT The lake ThaT moonlT nl So ThaT naughT ould ever creen The happlness ThaT I had TeIT lTe houlo never be The Th vanT lcn Taroo ICG5 alce Tngr Ano a gow WII plerce The ol.e The moor ghT on The waTer And h r T e soT Ll everyTh rg I 1 hed C nea T e mac, mo I , s ' T' . h'I ' ' ' alr d T' J o . I . ' I For e ' a ' I nd l , I' 'ghT, And The brllllarce I had seen! IT my I' s I ' 'ng I 1 IT To, a 3 'es' I a I h', ' I EI' ' I . l II see TI' , ea 'h U, ce esTEaI ' ne. III have I J vls T r -' 'h 'he fc oT The onl

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