If Tears Could Build a Staircase


Anonymous Stairs Enthusiast 
with Elizabeth Patten ’25 and Malia Takei ’25 


If tears could build a Stairway 

And our memories a lane, 

We could walk right up to Slaughter 

And climb you once again. 

No farewell words were spoken; 

No time to say goodbye. 

You were gone before we knew it, 

And only Dean Dugas knows why. 

Our hearts ache in sadness; 

Our tears overflow. 

The pleasure of walking your stairs, 

No 1Ls will ever know.