by Sam Ward ’21 To better understand love and its treasures, You must first reexamine your loyalty to vices. You are not ready to love unless you take the right measures. Would you keep caffeine in the A.M. if Starbucks raised its prices? Wag your finger to rom-coms, even Paul Rudd ones. Love has no […]
Stand outside their dorm room with a boombox Leave them on open on Snapchat DM their ex on Instagram Take them out to Ray Photoshop them into pictures with you Bring them chicken nuggets on Thursday Go to the chapel with them Express your feelings in Morning Mail Steal a golf cart and drive them […]
Dear Tiff and Earl, I just found out that my significant other is allergic to every single flower known to man and hates all chocolate (I promise she’s fun!), and CVS has nothing else that is Valentine’s Day related. What should I get her? Nervously, Drug Store Drags Dear DSD, Don’t sell CVS short. […]
by Lil Wit ’21 The mushiest, most lovey-dovey, better-not-be-alone-because-that-sucks day of the year (unless you want to be conventional and remember that this day is actually the feast day for a saint who was martyred for the sake of spreading the Catholic faith and is esteemed in the eyes of the Church to be canonized […]
by Sarah McLaughlin ’23 How do I teach someone something that is beyond my own comprehension? That question incessantly prodded my mind when I sat down the first day Not at my usual seat at the keys But instead in a chair beside them. How do I explain that while it flows like a language, […]
by Erin Venuti ’20 Dear Erin (2010), I’m reminded of you every day, without fail. I think about how you feel most comfortable wearing leggings and UGGs and a scrunchie—who would have guessed that they’d be back in style again?—and how I’m wearing all three of those things right now. I think about how much […]
by Sarah Heavren ’21 There’s a mist that appears at times. What is real becomes hard to find. In my mind it clouds and obscures The things that I’ve thought, seen or heard. The mist’s purpose is to deceive All the things my brain perceives. It adds an element of doubt To things I should […]
by Grace O’Connor ’22 Strands of string lights circled around the wooden frame of the bunk bed Warm yellow light illuminates from the mini bulbs White wire twisted together to hold each mini light bulb in place The string lights are a twisted vine keeping the wooden planks in custody Tied around the bed frame […]