Rogers Hall School - Splinters Yearbook (Lowell, MA)

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once upon a time there was a great society it mocked the dead devoured the living and lived in fear and hate when they were shown pictures of the -4I: l'f13-'-1 war the dying the dead they did not worry for the government said there was no war when their eldest sons began leaving r for active duty and never returned T A L E they were not upset they calmly framed the telegram that said their sons had died bravely in the war that didn't exist and hung it next to the pictures V E R T I C A L of their dead bodies they claimed to hate violence but their eyes hun grily searched the newspapers for articles on death sadism war and they found plenty of them R E A D E R S then one day the radio said that the non- existent war was real and the people were terrified they began to pour their money into bombs napalm missiles the arms race they were Out to win win what they fought and fought and fought tension protest tension patriots tension traitors tension commitment tension tension tension poof! KIM KmcHMA1En 68

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The drinks were gone and so were we. I knew that it was time to Hee. lt's time to go my friends, me fears, but we shall meet in five more years. We said so-longs And ended our meet. I boarded the bus and found me 'a seat. I knew right then I'd taken to heart the tale of a friend who's named Black Bart. Now Bart sure was a funny type of guy. He worked from the mind instead of the eye. Abstraction was out and realism in. Th-at's why Bart committed such a sin. To see him work would make you stare, for Bart thought beauty was junk in air. Five years later right on the dot I met the othiers at the very same spot. We Went right in and finished a round but friend Black Bart was nowhere around. Ode to Black Bart 15 lt was time to part, to leave The Bear , but on the step we stopped to stare- for there was Bart . . suspended in air, surrounded by junk and parts to spare. Our poor friend Bart's a fine example of man gone mad over pop art sample. He'd slaved all year in order to save what later became his permanent grave. SHERRILL WARNER 68