Tag: Riverside Public School

Old enough: Riverside Public School, London Ontario 1965

Old enough   I’m old enough to have looked like this; It pains me to say it, But not amiss: The sands of time Don’t lead to bliss. I’m old enough to have looked like this.   I can hardly believe that I won a plaque; But there’s no denying, No turning back. No twisting,..

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Boy in a shiny gray suit

Boy in a shiny gray suit  * Eighth grade graduation, June 1964, Riverside Public School , London Ontario   There was hormonal misfiring, Storm clouds of anguish were gathering, And cluelessness to boot. Suffering and torture, Searching and pure horror, In the world of the shiny gray suit.   Popularity was dominant; Party invitations, so..

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