North Shore Country Day School - Mirror Yearbook (Winnetka, IL)

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Utter silence of a snowy afternoon Soothing peace and quiet of the deep flowing swirling whiteness While outside betrays little in the way of natural pain myself I find writhing lonely I hear actually a car pass obscenely for it destroys the con- science of the dream of peace and quiet. » ttr c T—n f m I M.m • • ' r ' j If s«« i»

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Jr. - The Lunatic Genius Sits, Crouches rather, In his blue box, cutting four dimensional paper dolls. The Mad Prophet Stretches gaunt arms to the sky, Black in the sunset, And Shrieks contentedly. The Gray Flannel Man Clicks, Whirrs busily, automatic: Creditdebitcreditdebitcreditdebit. Plastic soldiers Creep through a cardboard jungle, hunting what? There! Shots ring out, chimes of doom. Silence The Lunatic Genius Bites his toenails, Melancholy in the night. The Mad Prophet Huddles, A quaking pile of rags, Whispers at the ground. The Gray Flannel Man Sleeps, Cogs and gears halted in mid-spin. Billstaxesbillstaxesbillstaxes. Black faces meld With the darkness, Only the eyes showing, Beacons of oppression and rage B

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roses breathe, coloring the silken nights that cling softly to summer silken roses to be rent by summer swords roses raging on a wall like black plague each a jealous queen in robes medieval red sorcerers work magic violence into red flowers known as roses so that night breathes, coloring the roses that cling softly to summer 13