1952 Magnet Yearbook

.JARVI i' C OI,U:G1ATE
49
City Lights
HASSAH :\AGAI
Here and t here across the vast.
dark. lonely continent. pinpricks of
light beacon forth to show wh e re
huma nity has gathered together.
T hese are the cities. Here may be seen
a va riety and multitude of lights such
as one finds ha rd to imagine. Here
th e different colours. dull . bright and
vivid - svm bollc of th e excitement
and guiety that ill to be found in a
city _ dazzle the eyes of non-city
dwellers. When country folk and
townsmen haw settled down for t he
night. it ill then that the city lights
shine brigh test.
The mai n st ree t look s like a lig hted
can yon with a st ream of auto lights
flowi ng swiftly between its walls, Tall
buildings tower up against the horizon.
some lit up like torches, ot hers
wit h tiny squares of yellow light
p~eri n g out. A bove the crowd of
merry- ma ke rs, flam boyant neons add
glamour to t he scene. Theat re ma r­
quees wit h thei r blinking bulbs beckon
passersby to view movie stars
whose nam es are all fascinating as
the lig hts are bri ght. Auto headligh ts
sweep the street with a blinding light
as t hey whiz by, At busy inter-sections,
t he red an d green of the t raffic
lights alternate, in ste ady. regu lar
intervals, And eve rywhere the garish
colours. shrieking t heir defiance at
the inky night, tea r th e shrou d of
darkness into tattered fragments
which scur ry a way to hide in the
da rk alley ways,
Along the lakeshore. huge intricate
neon signs. adve rtising the prod ucts
of booming indu st r-ies, st r-ive to outshine
one anot her, In the less-Irequented
ave nues . st reet lamps shine
se renely, In the busy streets. the"
fade to insign ificance and are lost i~
the kaleidoscope of the eye-shatter-ing
lights around them,
And from high. the stars gaze down
disdainfully at these ambitious upp,"'JI("',,,~~6.'"
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starts. the man-made Iight ll
city.
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light of eril :
Of all Satal/'s sert'f1 l/ts he IS m us t
faithful.
JOAS HOU~E.--IE