Walt Whitman Junior High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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. .twilight magic- - The mist of the twilight throws many strange shadows, They shrink, and they leap to gargantuous sizes: Here valleys and mountains, mosquitoes and giants, There devils now clothed in angelic disguises. These shadows trespass on the mist of the eve, That seems to be woven of cobwebs and dreams, Where nightmares and daydreams with ease intermingle And never a light of reality gleams. A rumble emerges from up in the heavens, Tha shadows stand still as if just stricken numb-- A flash of streaked light crashes in the horizon And the earth waits in silence to see what will come. Some clear crystal water, like light, tripping steps Falls onto the road, and is soon joined by more. They drop down and splash up, like a young woman's Scirt That rises and falls on a bright ballroom floor. The wind, as if trying to run far away, Shrieks loud, but the rain at once quiets her chants Like a laughing young girl when her lover has caught her And she finally succumbs to the tune of the dance. The raindrops swirl wildly and seem to dance faster As if all their reason and senses had gone: They're slaves to the rhythmg the thunder grows louder Like a frenzied percussionist, leading them on. They dance upon rooftops, on windows, on pebbles, On mountains that soar, and on rivers that bend... This music of nature might go on forever!- But at once a great silence announces its end. Delirium ceases, a murmer is heard Like the whispering of couples that leave the dance floor A mist falls on earth like a lady's gray veil Which she quickly adjusts as she heads for the door, The earth is now silent, except for a patter: The very last callers are saying good night. They fade in the mist, a soft breeze shuts the doorg And the night slowly comes as they turn out the light. Sharon Gilbert

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sr H' THE PARAKBET S14 One day I was sitting at the kitchen table eating my lunch. My dog was taking a nap, my trop ical fish were swimming about in their tank, and my pet UPerchyH was stationed favorite doorknob near chen table. Just as I eating a bowl of soup, parakeet on his the kit- started my para- keet flew down and landed on the bowl from which I was eating. He then surprised me by sipping my soup. This stunt astonished my mother and me. From then on, Perchy has been eating food from our kitchen table at almost every meal. He enjoys the food we eat more than his own parakeet seed. Fred Applebaum THE RABBIT Safe behind the shelter of the bushes, there was a female rabbit surrounded by a litter of six new- born bunnies. Gingerly I lifted one of the soft white balls of fur. At the time, I did not remem- ber that once a baby rabbit has been touched bv human hands the mother disowns it. Reluctantly, I replaced the rabbit and went to get carrots for the little family. When I returned, I was amazed to find just one rabbit lying in the same place where there were seven. Then I realized my error. I had made this rabbit an outcast of his family. After gently lifting the lonely fellow, I carried him home. I pleaded with my parents to let me keep him and finally won them over. Dorothy Urman THB CAT AND TH RABBIT My father raised his hand a trifle and let me peek in. I looked, start led, at the cutest little animal I had ever seen. By that time my mother and my sis ter were there, demanding to know what was going on. .They too gasped and exclaimed over it. It was a tiny rabbit with a twitching nose and big, frightened eyes. I took it 1n my hands. It was trembling. My father explained that our un- predictable cat had caught it and had proudly marched up to the house clutching it tightly in her mouth. g Betty Scharf 30