Category: Portfolio

Listomania: People We Wish Performed at the Super Bowl

DJ Diesel The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Oprah Six Gents Garry “Jerry”/“Larry”/“Lenny” Gergich Kim Kardashian and Kanye West Beethoven Vanilla Ice Psy “Pants on the Ground” Guy Sophia Grace and Rosie “Apparently” Boy Willow Smith Phineas and Ferb

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Prescribed

by Erin Lucey ’20   Buzz Buzz. My eyes snap open to begin another day. I am hopelessly exhausted, though I rarely take more than eight or nine steps a day at this point. The balloons tied to the foot of my depressing hospital bed rustle and sway as I try to sit up. Over […]

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Auntie

by Jay Willett ’20   The crimson tablecloth sprang up with the cold fall breeze, My great uncle had opened the window for a smoke, But the wind rejected it, spiraling it in our full faces. We were all there, hadn’t happened for a while. We all lived across the country, some in others. But […]

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I’m Not Sorry Anymore

by Sam Pellman ’20   I said sorry when you broke my heart I waited for an apology but gave you over a hundred I let you hurt me and I blamed myself   But I’m not sorry anymore I’m not sorry you walked away when I thought I needed you the most I’m not […]

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Cento

by Marisa DelFarno ’18   I was much further out than a lost star’s way. I was trotting along a route obscure. Boundless and bare. Bathe myself in strangeness, under the surge of the blue veritable ocean. Marvels of form and gravity. The moving waters, the enormous avenues, going on and on—sinkin’ deeper, deeper. Taken […]

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Living On The Clock

by Connor Zimmerman ’20   Staring at the ceiling, with a common feeling. Trying to leave my bed and overcome this dread. I steel my nerves, cause I’m living on the reserves. My alarm won’t stop, I slam the button on top.   Punching in, punching out, I’m living on the clock.   Looking at […]

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Bowl

by Dawyn Henriquez ’19   “I needed this,” Don sighed, placing the pipe on the coffee table. The burnt-out bowl stared up at me from the mahogany— trees on trees. It smiled at me, an eccentric smoke signal coming from its glass lips. “Set me aflame,” it said. “Set me on fire so that I […]

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Tiffany and Earl

Dear Tiff and Earl, Where do I go now that Alumni Hall is closed on Sunday nights? I have no desire to kill myself on Guzman Stairs while trying to get to Eaton Street Café. Sincerely, “Hangry”   Dear Hangry, GAHHHH. To be honest, the new hours in Alumni are just pissing me off. It’s […]

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Listomania: Resolutions We’ve Already Broken

Going to the Gym Being a Nice Person Staying Within My Dunkin’ Budget Not Binging Game of Thrones Going to Ray More Often Quitting My Horrible Job Showing Up to My 8:30 a.m. Class Destroying Philosophy Not Watching Cat Videos Not Consuming Fried Chicken Not Wearing Sweats to Class Organizing My Dorm Room Reading More […]

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Letter to You

by Kiley McMahon ’20   Dear You Who Shall Not Be Named, As you kiss my soft lips and moan from tiredness, you check your text messages every five minutes to make sure that you are in the clear. You keep a photo of Elsa, Troy, and Chase stored in your wallet; they are so […]

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