Students

Taylor Michelle Palmer

Class Year '23

I remember when I was a little girl, our house caught on fire. I’ll never forget the look on my father’s face as he gathered me up in his arms and raced through the
burning building out on the pavement. And I stood there shivering in my pajamas and watched the whole world go up in flames. And when it was all over I said to myself “Is that all there is to a fire?” 

Is that all there is, is that all there is?
If that’s all there is my friends, then let’s keep dancing, let’s break out the booze and have a ball
If that’s all there is

And when I was twelve years old my daddy took me to the circus, the greatest show on Earth. There were clowns and elephants and dancing bears, and a beautiful lady in pink tights flew high above our heads, and as I sat there watching I had the feeling that something was missing I don’t know what, but when it was over I said to myself “Is that all there is to the circus?”