Lawrence Hall
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Dispatches for the Colonial Office

             Happy Young Lives Rich with Promise and Dreams

                                 “I will go to the Altar of God”

Ephemera among the searchlight beams:
A paperback novel, a Mickey Mouse doll
Purses and ‘phones, and in-flight magazines
Briefcases still securing important work

Ephemera among the searchlight beams:
A note about souvenirs for the kids back home
From the Folger and the aerospace museum
Ice skates in the bins, safely stowed away

But now

Now lost to us among the searchlight beams:
Happy young lives rich with promise and dreams