HAYWIRE Issue 2 Fall 2013
APPLE RUN
by Helen Kauls, 11th grade
I run
Leaves swirl into the air
Cool air
I can see my breath
Steady breath
Leaping as I duck under
Red apples from trees hang
Ripening apples
Hitting heads of unwatchful eyes
I laugh
Pass funny-faced round head
Dented head
AUTUMN EMPIRE
by Olivia Gallup, 9th grade
Alighting on the soft emerald a golden ray
Bedazzling the awakening world
The new coils unfurl in a shock of life
The ground explodes in sudden brilliance
Budding, blooming, rising,
A glimmering glance of shimmering shammer
Twinkles off petals of hot vermillion,
Bittersweet jade, honey-like lemon, royal violet, icy azure,
And rich sapphire.
Unrestrainable, insuppressible, uncontrollable
Reaching with greedy impatience
Lusting ever for more
Yet all empires must fall.
Sky-spanning spires of thriving fruit
Are set ablaze by a spark of the cold
The shivering flame, hungry for justice
Jealously thirsting for the rich's harvest
Roars and burns in the heat of the moment
Revolution, spurned on by the whispering wind,
A breeze rustles the hissing russet remains
Stripped away by the whistling gale
Which leaves only bare bones and rattling twigs.
The fire dies out and the excitement fades
Oh where has thy empire gone?
Photograph by Sonia Hellenbrand, 11th grade
UNTITLED
by Sophie Kuckuck, 11th grade
Woke up to the soft simmer of rain
The darkness spilled into my sights
As I pulled forth the consoling black curtains
I let reality adjust to my lights
I consider the beauty in change
Of the feeling that strangles my love
Aware of inevitable downfall )%