YMCA

EMPORIA YMCA

“We ought to use the
 pluperfect and say 
wakened, but woke 
is better and was 
always used by Peter.” 
― J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan
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I woke up really fast—
thanks to Coach Bowie
and the YMCA pool

A student teacher—
fell in love with me
it was Lowther love
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“Oh, brother!!!”—
he said the first
time he saw me

From then on—
I realized that a
7th grader was god