The Lake
Stepping in, I’m surrounded by the vast openness
The only things ahead are empty grey skies and waves of grey water
Behind me is the crashing of waves on the rocky shore
The chilly wind hums loudly by my ear
My exposed skin is cold, but the rest is enveloped in a light, chilly blanket
I feel encompassed by everything, but alone with nothing
As I inhale, the cool sharpness of the fresh water fills my lungs
I can almost taste misty water with every breath
I've never felt more surrounded, but alone.
-Aly Roth
Dolphins are blue
I see you
In the ocean
Tickling urchins
Swimming Whales
With gaseous trails
A floundering fish
He’ll grant you a wish
To get a deepdish
Max likes DiGiorno Pizza
The sharkeys are gonna kiss ya
As they swim away
-Class of 2023
poetry
Why is there a shoe on the light?
The shoe was not white
It was chucked across the room
On CableÅ› head it went boom
Caleb needs a haircut
He said What?
At Cable that shoe Max yote
CalebÅ› head it smote
I think heÅ› feeling better
He always wears a sweater
HeÅ› always half-asleep
But he doesn-t weep
Wall is delicious
And very nutritious
-Class of 2023
Rollercoaster
The buildup is enormous and nerve racking
Excited for what’s about to come
Then it all falls
The sky goes up and I go down
Trying to breathe as the world goes rushing by
Falling through a bottomless abyss of cold air
Turns whipping all around
Then it stops
The adrenaline, the excitement
Is over
-Aly Roth
childhood
She giggled and ran across the yard.
She looked at me and smiled, then happily waved.
She turned and walked into the woods, not looking back once.
She was so clueless, so naive.
But so was I, to let her get lost like that.
I lost Her that day, in the woods.
But on cool summer days, when the rain just stopped, I can see Her.
She is still giggling and running in Her own little world.
I might have lost Her, but at least I can still see Her.
-Katie Satherflynn
“Crunch’’
It's been sitting there for years.
Dark blue and scratched from use over the decade.
My mom used it for her tax papers.
I used it for my crafts.
It's always been on that table in the dining room.
“crunch” it would go.
The little pieces of metal would get all over the floor.
One time it got my finger.
But it's always been there, that beat up old thing from 1997.
I will always cherish it,
That's been sitting there for years.
-Katie Satherflynn
Nowhere
When I go nowhere,
I like to run,
Going somewhere,
But not having fun,
Even in winter,
When I go gliding,
I feel the heat splinter,
But I keep on a’riding
-Blake Wales
Stapler
Small, orange, staply,
Has a sharp bite that
Intricately binds two or more sheets of paper together,
And sometimes is used in medical practice.
Impossible to remove without stabbing
Fingertips, unless a special tool is used, and thus,
The stapler is the highest manifestation of love.
-Alex Radichel
Alej
Oh Alej, oh Alejito,
You just got bit by a mosquito,
Oh Alej, oh Alejandro,
You always growl like a car bro,
Oh Alej, oh Alejanador,
What are you swinging that metal pipe for,
Oh Alej, oh Alejito,
I wonder if you would like a cheeto.
-Blake Wales