1976 School Magazine

THEFALL falling into oblivian far frorn the safe

Qosed in, ktttled in, s que ezed, bunp ed, j os tled, huddled together, iungles of people, Iost in their mi.dst, nois e, wtbearable chatter, not able to move, totwring forms, knocked about, feet tntdden on, dazed, everything moving about me, knees at eye level, pmple pushing to get there first.

hffidhold cleqn cut through the atmosphere vvhirling blue spinningyellow diuy green swims to meet me datnp sweet earth hard, compact thrusts itself skywurd shattering myself s,nnllawing me moist grass pwhes its 'wvyinto mymouth nostrils cqkes withdirt myface dernolislwd 'I scramble up the climbingframe tofall

KWBowen

NaomiHuppert

I uant a new dress Give memorelolliu

Why shouldn't I have it? I dan't care w*nt 1nu saY Yau're the mcxt honible mother in the t+orld. - Yes' dear'

Form 4 E

$

ffi

,,i ndt", .$k j"

JUST GI{ OSTS OT' TT{ E PAST trt tws late ffiemnn on an,Autwnn DaY, - WhA v',v stepped inside the ruiras of a convia jail' I rememkr clearly the lwge empty plnce, With futts on ihains, tools and cells. It wss eerie and empty and all overgrc.vwt: - Mannting and sfuky, No one rnade a sawnd- e,ri"ii ti"t;n*sti of the pst ttta vwre still enslatted there, " -li,l* to*t on the wind and departed with pwr soul' TVaere vlas no or&e there except ira t\w air, Tke vvind u,ms tkeir wice calling for kelp' Tkev wwtcked us closely ha Ywre never seen - - lh" uyut of the pstilw kavesince taesarztedrne'

$"1i,

l$*' iit+

f-izf{awes

Fage Twenty - Seven