Here it is - finally! And...the guy who was going to give the other senior speech decided not to, so I am now the official senior speaker. For the last four years, our lives have been mainly schoolwork, preparation for the adult life on the horizon. Time has wrought a change in us; nothing is the same as it was in elementary school. As my classmate Caleb told me, “Pick something and it has not been that way before!” And yet, amidst all the swirling mists of change there’s ...
Assuming softness Consumes A billowing bank Of sketchy Brisk outline Concealing The drawn-out Draughts of Designating Dressing garb. Rude, florid complexions Support snug Encircling Necklines Repealing further adornment. Gowns teeming with fabric Grace gleaming ...
The past, Like the incubus surrounds me, Every second,Every Minute,and Every day. The desolation, Like the old song, never stop sigh. And the Beloved one, Sitting in the swing, Listening to the sounds from the past, The wind, Touch her slient face, Echo with her voice inside. Life, ...
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This anecdote was told to me by a friend at dinner today. So when my friend was a little girl in the late 1960s, she lived on an Army base in Southern Utah (USA). During the warm summers there, the hedgerows that lined the streets of the base (particularly the housing area where the families of the soldiers lived) became gathering places for mosquitoes. To alleviate these pests, the Army would load a tanker truck with DDT and douse the hedgerows every Sunday. "The ...
Updated 05-14-2009 at 10:37 PM by The Comedian