The Bluestocking 2023-24

Irene Mantas Grade 9 Uncle Vanya

His mind once was a city Full of colour, light, and love Now, his mind is lost and empty His heart devoid of all emotion

What was once Paris has been reduced to a ghost town Mice and rats taken over People absent

The Eiffel Tower stands alone Cowering beneath the sky’s formidable presence

No lights Just black and white shadows, Lurking in the alleys like Thoughts that should not and Cannot be entertained

The city of love left loveless As if Paris was just an abandoned shack

A shack in which he resides Searching for an answer A search he knows is futile So he sulks

The shrill wind shrieks like laughter at his pain, goating him Pushing him over the edge until

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