Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 1984, Page 80

Description:	ThoughtsDebbie BurkeDamp violets rust in the rainwhile sparkles dance on glistening airover holesdrilled by nightmareswhose hooves beat endlessly;green leaves foreverare thrown on the flame.^sma9eiMelissa HaskellIcicles, like silver medieval daggers,Hanging from knotty oak tree limbs.Sharper and sharper they growas the boiling sunhammers them to perfection,then... to nothing.A swamp, like a fretful dream,filled with weird creaturesand foggy, murky mists,where strange and eerie criesare conceived.Ulla KolariMelissa HaskellPamelas storyAnn KofmehlA little girl came in one dayTo ask with whom she could play.For, Mother, Pam said with a frown,Im oh so lonely and oh so down.So her mother brought in her third grade bookAnd through it she said for friends they could look.The first girl they came to was Suzy ValdeezBut all that Pam said was No Mexicans please!She also rejected small Anna ShewFor the reason she said, I wont talk to a Jew.The next after that was Hillary BrownBut as she was black, Pam turned her down.Also turned down was nice Amy UstShes an Indian, Mom, Pam said with disgust.What about this girl? She looks quite charming.But, Mom, I couldnt. Her fathers in farming!So on and on they went through the book,But only five girls caught little Pams look.These are the ones, she said with a smile.Theyre better than the others by more than a mile.So Pam called the first girl and asked her to play,But this was all that girl would say:I cant talk to you. Youre short and youre fat;And when it comes to society, youre not where its at!Pam hung up the phone with a tear in her eyeThen went to her mom and asked her why.How can this be? she went on to demand.Dont people care? I dont understand.Oh, poor little Pamela SpringsNow she has learned what prejudice brings.It doesnt bring laughter, it doesnt bring friends,Just sadness that starts when the thoughfulness ends.80 Creativity
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Collection:	Bloomington High School South

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