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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 29, 1988)
Attention!! Photo by Phelan M. Ebenhack This week’s Attention!! poems were written by sophomore general studies major Michelle Warner. In a Little Boring Classroom There was once a girl And there was once a boy There was once a classroom That tended to annoy. The girl asked the boy, whispered, “Tell me, is this class royally lame?” “Yeah,” he answered, and asked For her major, class and name. The two got into talking She told a joke, it made him grin He said, “How dumb, ” but smiled She did too, and something settled in. Neither of them knew it, Their talking, laughing did not reveal That a little love was starting That both were a good deal Together. And who in that small, dull class Who would ask to know? That between the tall skinny boy and the mousy-haired girl Real love was about to grow. No one in the class could predict The brainy, droning prof couldn’t foresee Two lives bound together by love Two lives envied by you and me. I know where they live now They have a little house, not big in size But enough to fill love and a couple of kids They’ve had some hard times but their bonds have kept them truly alive in Another who loves them. It’s hard to believe, sometimes That all this started with a little boring classroom Where a dumb joke and conversation Brought Real Love to bloom. Page 2/At Ease/Thursday, Sept.29,1988 Deep Sea Why did the waters take you? Take you away from this world and leave me standing here watching the waves of the ocean waiting for the day that a beautiful angel will take me up to be with you. How could they take you, how When everything was perfect and right When you gazed with your sea blue eyes into mine You said that we’d last forever Now forever is lost, forever is just — A thought in a nonexistent dream and a shadow cast by the crest of the waves Why did the waters take you? Take you away from my heart And take my heart and soul away — Rip them out! Tear them out! Oooh, delirious — your hair was blond like the sun and your heart and good cheer glowed to match it — your eyes your deep blue eyes had the right irony. That they were just like the sea! The mean, vicious sea! That took you away from me The anguish 1 feel makes me want to punch a hole in the earth and drain the waters away — Make them go away from my sight * And maybe I’ll find you Maybe I’ll find you waiting there, waiting there At the bottom of the sea. Photo by Phelan M. Ebenhack This week’s Attention!! photo was taken by senior electrical engi neering major Phelan M. Ebenhack at the Cinderella concert last weekend. Editor’s Note: This Attention!! page will be used each week as a forum for you, our readers. We encourage you to submit any original work that would be suitable for publication in At Ease. Opinions expressed on the Attention!! page are those of the author, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of The Battalion, Texas A&M administrators, faculty or the Board of Regents. Pictures for the Attention!! page should be black-and-white shots that are unique either in content, angle or technique. Columns, essays or poems should be no longer than 500 words and should be either printed or typed. Don’t forget to put your name and phone number on anything you send us. Then drop it off at The Battalion, Room 216 of the Keed McDonald Building. Be sure to specify that it is for At Ease.