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In celebration of his 37 years at L-S
Farewell, Grand Inquirer
of the regional school district,
believer in books, lover of
literature, man of a
thousand libraries, dealer in
Dostoyevsky, purveyor of endless
pondering, shameless speculator
in eternal speculations,
faithful don of the academy,
your years at L-S–gone!
faculty meeting confusion you demolished with a few
well-shaped words–gone!
times you reminded us of who we were–gone!
students whose names you could never remember– gone!
students who have never forgotten you– gone!
With one foot firmly anchored
in the 19th Century,
you move on to
old books and new
students with the same
wide eyes, back to
Worcester, back to
Yasnaya Polya,
back to St. Petersburg,
back to every night we can recall,
lying in bed, reading books,
listening to the rain, as our
minds expand into
cccccccccccccccccccccthe Universe.
February 2, 2001