Category: Poetry
Girlfriend
Girlfriend Eyes above red ribs, on the edge of acquaintance. Plastic cup; real body. Two parts vodka, three parts Coke, & Who taught you to kiss like that?
Lucy Ton That (July 28th)
Lucy Ton That ’26 Lucy Ton That—was born again at 2:38 pmon July 28th, 2022 in Harvard,Massachusetts when she jumped off of abridge with four strangers. The distancebetween her two bodies was sixty feet,captured by the rust and wooden slats of therailway bridge and the murky river beneathit. The old Lucy Ton That is somewhereelse—inhaling…
Lucy Ton That (October 2nd)
Lucy Ton That ’26 Lucy Ton That—was born, probably around9:00 pm, on October 2nd, 2003 at Brighamand Women’s Hospital in Boston,Massachusetts. Her mother will recall that itwas too late to be served dinner at thehospital. The parents were restless andhungry. Lucy will be a child born out ofhunger. At 9:57 pm on August 7th, 2022,behind…
World
By Makda Assefa ’26 The world is a daunting place, they said, Rough, With edges that will poke and prod, Prick you, until blood is drawn. Hold your head up high, they said, Neck strained, eyes straight, Gaze fixed, Fixated on this world, This imperfect world where I am but a woman. I see this…