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Page 1: Prism Fall 05 - Memorial Union...10 ˜ Prism Prism - 11 Dead Leaves in June Geffrey Davis The elderly couple is gardening today. The old woman looks healthy As she bounds around, conducting
Page 2: Prism Fall 05 - Memorial Union...10 ˜ Prism Prism - 11 Dead Leaves in June Geffrey Davis The elderly couple is gardening today. The old woman looks healthy As she bounds around, conducting

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as ∙

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Art

s

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n Re

agan

∙ A

pplie

d Vi

sual

Art

s

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rd ∙

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ish

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el G

rimes

∙ Fi

ne A

rts

Mat

thew

Nic

assi

o ∙ E

nglis

h

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ynda

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ok ∙

Art

s/En

glis

h

Geff

rey

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is ∙

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ish

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iel C

ulle

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iber

al A

rts

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h B.

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ghau

ser ∙

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lish

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get B

lasi

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utrit

ion

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nce

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eiss

∙ A

pplie

d Vi

sual

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s

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y Br

unoe

∙ Ps

ycho

logy

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lied

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al A

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ty C

asbe

er ∙

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s

SPC

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ua J.

Mel

lon

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radu

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mer

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ilsop

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culty

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ents

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dent

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an B

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etry

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gs ∙

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el G

rimes

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ital I

mag

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tterfl

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assi

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etry

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4 �

Prism

Alta

r Boy

� K

ylen

Rea

gan

� Ph

otog

raph

Prism

- 5

Oth

er F

ucki

ng P

oets

K

yan

Baird

Ano

ther

poe

tw

ith b

ette

r poe

ms

is q

uite

a tu

rn o

ff w

hen

you

know

him

. O

r her

I su

ppos

e.Th

ey a

re b

ette

rat

telli

ng s

ecre

ts, l

ike

“I ha

ve e

yes

for y

our g

irl.”

Bett

er p

oets

who

se p

oem

sar

e m

ore

envi

ous

with

gre

ater

depr

avity

, ind

ucin

g go

ose

bum

ps o

verla

ppin

gpr

evio

ustin

gled

dim

ples

.I w

onde

r,re

mov

al is

requ

ired

–I d

on’t

get c

hills

from

my

own

scrip

t.

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6 �

Prism

Prism

- 7

Win

gs �

Rac

hel G

rimes

� D

igita

l Pho

togr

aph

Butte

rfl ie

s in

May

Ma

tthew

Nica

ssio

Cold

win

d kn

ows

the

song

sO

f but

terfl

ies

fuck

ing

with

Thei

r win

gs c

olor

ful a

s th

e sp

ring

Whe

n I s

ee th

em I

feel

pin

ned

Stuc

k in

gla

ss a

wkw

ardl

yW

ithou

t pai

n, a

nd s

oarin

g in

my

drea

ms

They

go

agai

n, th

ose

butt

erfl i

es,

Ench

antin

g us

with

thei

r lus

t,Fr

agm

entin

g tim

e fo

r the

few

of u

s

That

sto

od, w

aite

d an

d w

atch

ed.

We

hate

d th

em fo

r the

ir so

ng a

nd th

eyFu

cked

the

win

d a

new

hom

e

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8 �

Prism

Tu

lips

Maly

nda

Shoo

k

I.

T

he In

sole

nts

The

red

tulip

s st

and

in th

e sl

ipof

gro

und

that

rim

s th

e cr

acki

ng w

alk

pert

and

upr

ight

, wax

y lip

s de

wed

.M

outh

ing

Apr

il’s

ankl

es, t

hey

smirk

over

bes

ted

win

ter’s

str

ict,

too

fi rm

for g

row

th.

On

cale

ndar

s th

ey a

re d

emur

ean

d ap

pear

the

para

mou

nt o

f inn

ocen

ce.

The

East

er w

oodc

ut,

Mrs

. Woo

ley’

s fa

vorit

e st

amp.

This

mor

ning

on

your

doo

rste

p,th

e gr

ey c

loud

s m

imic

king

the

roof

tops

who

ech

o pe

ople

sle

epin

g un

dern

eath

in c

lum

sy fl

uff s

,th

ey s

purt

in c

rimso

n qu

ips

thei

r lee

ring

dam

p.

I do

not s

top,

but

pas

s w

ithou

t a d

ownw

ard

mov

eto

sm

ell t

heir

dark

tent

acle

s,th

e m

emos

left

by

bees

.

Prism

- 9

II.

T

he M

orni

ng A

fter

Rent

now

,sp

laye

d by

rain

and

gre

edfo

r Apr

il’s

heat

, the

ir sl

ick

lips

sag,

roug

e-sm

eare

d,

swol

len

from

the

fi erc

e m

oist

nig

httr

emul

ous

win

d ra

ges,

the

upw

ards

rain

spat

terin

g th

e tin

she

et o

f the

roof

drum

min

g fi n

gers

on

my

skyl

ight

,as

king

in.

Exha

uste

d, th

ey le

an s

kew

ed a

ngle

s

No

mor

e th

e se

amle

ss fr

ont,

the

chor

us o

f ope

n th

roat

s gu

rglin

g ye

llow

sta

rs.

They

are

ski

rts

and

arm

s fl u

ng o

utan

d lim

p, to

o w

eary

eve

n to

sw

atat

tent

ive

fl ies

that

sw

arm

thei

r crim

son

yaw

n,dr

onin

g ha

lf-fo

rgot

ten

mel

odie

s.

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10 �

Pris

mPr

ism -

11

Dead

Lea

ves

in J

une

Gef

frey

Davi

s

The

elde

rly c

oupl

e is

gar

deni

ng to

day.

The

old

wom

an lo

oks

heal

thy

As

she

boun

ds a

roun

d, c

ondu

ctin

gH

er p

artn

er ri

ding

the

mow

er.

They

mow

aro

und

the

Butt

ercu

ps o

f spr

ing,

Each

roun

ded

bunc

h ac

cent

ed b

y th

e ab

senc

eO

f gro

wth

sur

roun

ding

them

—se

para

ted

by a

fam

iliar

ity—

the

para

llel l

ines

runn

ing

the

hill

Inte

rrup

ted

by g

olde

n fl o

wer

s.

And

I do

n’t k

now

why

, Bro

ther

,Bu

t thi

s re

min

ds m

e of

you

.O

f the

day

I le

ft to

wn.

Or o

f the

tim

e w

e pu

shed

bai

lsO

f hay

in th

e th

unde

rsto

rmTo

mak

e w

ay fo

r the

fl at

bed.

You

ran

scre

amin

g fo

r our

trai

ler

As

light

enin

g ch

arre

d a

near

by tr

ee.

In m

y re

telli

ng, I

leav

e ou

t the

par

tW

here

I cr

y af

ter y

ou’re

gon

e.I b

awle

d an

d pu

shed

, wai

ting

For a

n an

swer

to o

ur s

ins.

The

next

tim

e I d

rive

byIt

is th

e m

iddl

e of

June

.W

hy is

it w

e lie

?Th

ere

is n

o el

derly

cou

ple

orch

estr

atin

g th

e hi

ll;Th

e fl o

wer

s ar

e de

ad.

Drie

d by

the

sum

mer

hea

t,Th

ey s

tand

as

skel

etal

rem

inde

rsO

f thi

ngs

I can

’t kn

ow.

And

, aga

in, I

’m re

min

ded

of y

ou.

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12 �

Pris

mPr

ism -

13

Face

2 �

Am

anda

Luc

as �

Cha

rcoa

l

2 ru

naw

ays

in th

e ni

ghtti

me

Dani

el C

ulle

n

i lea

ve th

e fl a

shlig

ht w

here

he

tells

me

to.

betw

een

his

pillo

w c

ase

and

my

rolle

d up

swea

ter.

his

head

face

s m

y he

ad.

blac

k ey

es in

the

dark

.w

e do

n’t k

eep

our f

aces

aft

er th

e lig

htgo

es o

ut.

eyel

ids

disa

ppea

r.in

the

mid

dle

of th

e ni

ght.

no n

ose.

no

mou

th.

just

one

big

cha

rcoa

l blo

ck.

slug

s ro

ll ar

ound

in th

e so

cket

sof

his

eye

s. i w

ant t

o re

ach

for t

he fl

ashl

ight

.he

tells

me

to p

ipe

dow

n.

it’s

blac

kest

bla

ck b

ut i

can

still

see

thei

r shi

ne,

2 sa

d lit

tle a

rmie

s. m

eltin

g in

his

hea

d.i d

on’t

know

if th

ey a

re re

al.

slug

s ar

e fo

r squ

ishi

ng.

and

i kno

w h

e’s

a ki

ller.

so th

en, w

hy th

e tr

ails

?

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14 �

Pris

mPr

ism -

15

Monk

ey in

His

Jack

et �

Maly

nda

Shoo

k �

Prin

t

Eatin

g an

Ora

nge

S

arah

B. B

urgh

ause

r

It ta

kes

her a

n ho

urto

eat

an

oran

gem

easu

ring

pulp

and

wei

ght o

f pits

pulli

ng fr

om th

e ce

nter

all t

he ju

ice

with

in.

The

peel

unf

urls

in p

erfe

ct c

ircle

s –

she

touc

hes

rind,

the

skin

text

ured

by

her h

ands

ro

undi

ngth

eir w

ay a

long

.Ju

ice

drip

sdo

wn

her p

inky

onto

her

wris

tin

to s

uppl

e w

edge

s ro

lling

the

smal

l sac

s un

tilon

ly s

kin

and

pulp

and

see

dsar

e le

ft.

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16 �

Pris

mPr

ism -

17

Igna

cia P

aula

Dura

n Lu

jan

Brid

get B

lasi

The

June

-bug

san

g ou

t in

autu

mn

to th

e ho

t Alb

uque

rque

air

wra

ppin

g m

y lit

tle b

ody

as e

ager

fi ng

ers

pres

sed

the

door

bell

to y

our s

hrun

ken

Alic

e in

Won

derla

nd h

ouse

.

The

brow

n do

or c

reak

ed o

pen,

the

scen

t of t

ortil

las

and

old

wom

an m

usk:

“Hijo

le! M

i hija

tas!

Ven

! Ven

!”A

nd tw

o fl a

bby

arm

s en

velo

ped

my

body

,m

y fa

ce c

rush

ed in

the

war

mth

of y

our b

osom

loud

ly u

sher

ed in

to th

e ro

om w

ith c

ouch

esdr

aped

in c

ranb

erry

, oliv

e, a

nd w

hite

afg

hans

croc

hete

d by

you

r gna

rled

fi nge

rsye

ars

ago

whe

n yo

u m

ade

me

a do

ll go

wn

of c

roch

eted

pin

k an

d pe

arl w

hite

.Th

e so

litai

re g

ame

stoo

d in

lim

bobe

side

the

blar

ing

TV, s

hout

ing

into

the

room

fram

ed w

ith c

hild

hood

sce

nes

as y

ou g

rab

a cl

ay b

owl a

nd p

our

yest

erda

y’s

rice

pudd

ing

in w

ith a

plo

p—a

mes

s of

whi

te fo

am a

nd s

wee

t cin

nam

oncl

umpe

d on

the

coun

ter—

luke

war

man

d un

refr

iger

ated

in a

forg

otte

n m

omen

t.

But t

hen

you

rem

embe

red

and

bega

n to

wip

e off

the

wee

k’s

resi

due

of b

urnt

red

chili

and

spill

ed w

ater

as y

our s

oul s

ang

the

hym

n it

had

hidd

en th

ere

year

s ag

o w

hen

the

rice

pudd

ing

was

sm

ooth

and

the

tort

illas

wer

e m

ade

soft

with

hand

s th

at c

roch

eted

the

time

into

a re

inde

er to

ado

rna

Chris

tmas

tree

in D

ecem

ber.

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Untit

led

� Bla

ke H

eiss

� P

hoto

grap

h

The

Harv

est

for G

reat

Unc

le Mi

ke

Gef

frey

Davi

s

“The

y w

ill c

rem

ate

him

on

Thur

sday

,”Sh

e sa

id, s

tand

ing

besi

de m

e in

the

hollo

w d

ark

Of o

ur b

ack

porc

h. N

ot b

ury

Like

the

shoe

-box

-cat

, dro

wne

dIn

a fi

ve g

allo

n bu

cket

wei

ghte

d w

ith ra

inw

ater

. Th

e sa

me

rain

that

my

fath

er p

raye

d fo

rTo

mak

e th

e ha

rves

t thi

ck a

nd fu

llW

ith g

row

th.

And

whe

n it

cam

e, I

mea

sure

dTh

e w

ater

line,

mak

ing

light

mar

ksW

ith m

y po

cket

knife

, wai

ting

for t

he d

ayIt

wou

ld s

pill

from

the

buck

etO

nto

the

eart

h ar

ound

. Bu

t the

wat

er w

as it

s da

rkne

ss.

And

I du

gA

hol

e an

d pl

aced

, as

gent

ly a

s ha

nds

Coul

d pl

ace,

lett

ing

eart

h sp

ill o

ver

The

card

boar

d co

ffi n.

Tw

o ni

ghts

late

r, A

coy

ote

dug

up th

e sh

allo

w g

rave

.I r

emem

ber t

hink

ing

of th

e ca

t, re

-dro

wne

dA

nd c

ompr

esse

d in

the

shar

p fl u

ids

Of t

he d

og’s

gut.

And

now

,Ei

ght y

ears

late

r, th

is is

wha

t I im

agin

eW

e w

ill c

ry o

ver o

n Th

ursd

ay.

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Thre

e De

aths

Jerry

Bru

noe

1a.

The

gray

por

ch c

reak

ed in

key

with

the

song

we

sang

. Ra

in s

lapp

edth

e ro

of to

p in

rhyt

hm.

Slow

lyth

e m

omen

tum

gat

here

d, h

oldi

ngha

nds

in a

circ

le o

ur fe

et la

nded

with

ligh

tnin

g st

rikes

. Li

ke a

dru

m,

thun

der c

lapp

ed a

nd w

e fi n

ishe

dth

e so

ng, f

allin

g in

a c

ircle

with

gig

gles

.G

rand

ma

burs

t thr

ough

the

scre

endo

or m

ean

face

d an

d te

ars

on h

er c

heek

s.W

e kn

ew h

ow G

rand

ma

liked

the

sun

for h

er g

arde

n an

d w

e ye

lled

at th

e ra

in,

the

rain

to g

o aw

ay a

nd c

ome

back

so

me

othe

r day

. It

didn

’t lis

ten.

1b.

Mom

enta

rily,

in th

e bl

ack

grou

nd,

som

eone

laug

hed

and

I kne

w th

e jo

ke:

G

rand

ma

still

wea

rs d

iape

rs.

1c.

One

sta

rted

sin

ging

and

I jo

ined

, ho

ping

to m

ake

Gra

ndm

a la

ugh,

“It’s

rain

ing.

It’s

pour

ing.

The

old

man

is s

norin

g. H

e w

ent t

o be

d an

d bu

mpe

d hi

s he

ad a

nd c

ould

n’t w

ake

in th

e m

orni

ng,” s

he k

ept c

ryin

g an

dw

e di

dn’t

unde

rsta

nd.

She

shoo

edus

into

the

hous

e, c

orra

lling

us

into

the

crow

ded

livin

g ro

om. “

Qui

et,”

she

said

. We

squi

rmed

in o

ur s

eats

.

Seve

n st

rang

ers

cam

e in

to th

e ro

oman

d ea

ch c

arrie

d a

hand

-dru

m la

rger

than

thei

r gru

esom

e be

llies

. The

y be

llow

edso

ngs

and

poun

ded

thei

r dru

ms

loud

ly.

The

porc

h di

dn’t

crea

k w

ith th

em,

let a

lone

in k

ey.

2a.

The

bed

and

fl oor

cre

aked

toge

ther

in rh

ythm

. O

ur le

gs, m

ig-le

ngth

slap

ped

each

oth

er re

d. T

he s

pit

from

you

r ton

gue

tast

ed li

ke C

oors

.Yo

u sc

ream

ed, b

efor

e m

y ch

oke-

hold

bec

ame

too

tight

, “Yo

u fu

ckin

gas

shol

e.” I

spen

t the

last

min

ute

tight

enin

g m

y gr

ip a

nd th

rust

ing

hard

er.

You

whe

ezed

as

I cam

e.

Stum

blin

g fr

om th

e be

d I h

it th

e dr

esse

ran

d th

en to

ssed

you

a fr

esh

pair

of p

antie

s.I t

old

you

your

dre

ss w

as h

angi

ng in

the

bath

room

as

I loo

ked

for m

y pa

nts.

Your

sni

ffl in

g w

as lo

uder

than

the

piss

echo

ing

from

the

toile

t. M

y be

lly b

ulgi

ngov

er, I

cou

ldn’

t put

on

my

pant

s. I

sett

led

to h

ave

it sa

fety

-pin

ned.

Fin

ally

I tie

dm

y bo

w-t

ie o

n an

d sa

id, “

You

look

goo

din

red.

” W

e to

ok tw

o sh

ots

of Ja

ck D

anie

lsfo

llow

ed b

y a

Scot

ch b

efor

e w

e le

ft.

2b.

Abo

ve y

our h

ead,

all

men

see

, gre

enle

aves

and

whi

te b

errie

s of

mis

tleto

e.

2c.

We

sat w

ith o

ur b

ow-t

ie a

nd re

ddr

ess,

out o

f pla

ce. Y

our f

amily

sa

ng A

maz

ing

Grac

e an

d a

few

song

s fr

om y

our t

ribe

that

I do

n’t k

now

.Th

e su

n be

at d

own

and

bent

our

nec

ks.

Nau

seat

ed, w

e sw

ay o

ut o

f rhy

thm

to th

e so

ngs

that

are

san

g.

Driv

ing

back

I w

ish

to c

limb

into

that

Was

co la

p of

you

rs -

smal

l and

bro

wn

- an

d la

y aw

hile

(let

you

r arm

s w

rap

arou

nd m

e; s

mal

l han

ds re

st in

min

e).

I wan

t to

spea

k to

you

, as

Gio

vann

iw

ould

say

, in

my

love

lang

uage

:“I’

m ti

red.

I’m

sor

e. I

need

to re

st.”

The

driv

e se

emed

sho

rt. T

oo ti

red

to m

ake

itto

the

room

I sl

ept o

n th

e so

fa, s

till i

n m

y su

it.

3a.

I sit

alon

e no

w, o

n th

e gr

ay o

ld p

orch

.It

no lo

nger

rain

s. T

he s

and,

on

occa

sion

slap

s m

e in

the

face

. M

y na

ils a

re b

rittle

and

bend

like

my

old

bone

s, m

uscl

es s

aglik

e a

bow

and

so

does

the

old

gray

por

ch -

it cr

eaks

an

awfu

l ton

e an

d ou

t of k

ey.

I no

long

er s

ing.

I re

mem

ber h

ow I

plan

ned

to b

uild

a s

win

ging

ben

ch, s

ome

year

s ag

o,m

y ad

ditio

n to

this

por

ch.

I chu

ckle

at m

yam

bitio

ns, j

ust l

ike

our d

runk

en d

ays

lyin

gon

the

porc

h, c

ool s

ips

of s

omet

hing

alc

ohol

icto

kee

p ou

r cor

e do

wn.

3b.

I am

lost

with

inan

d fo

und

with

out l

ove.

3c.

I ask

the

porc

h, w

ith m

y dr

unke

nm

outh

, to

shut

up

for j

ust o

nefu

ckin

g m

omen

t: I

wan

t to

thin

kof

chi

ldho

od. I

rem

embe

r hol

ding

hand

s an

d si

ngin

g, “R

osie

s. Ro

sies

. Po

cket

full

of p

osie

s. A

shes

.A

shes

. We

all f

all d

own.

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My T

high

s

Jenn

ifer H

ubba

rd

Oh

yes,

I do

have

thig

hsth

ick,

har

d, s

inew

y th

ighs

sket

ches

defi

nin

g m

uscl

es Bu

t som

etim

es th

ighs

jigg

lene

ath

a sq

uint

ing

glar

ein

fron

t of a

mirr

orth

ey w

iggl

e w

hen

poke

dbl

uebe

rry

jello

, var

icos

e ve

ins

crea

my

pink

sca

rs, h

air

too

long

for L

Ato

o sh

ort f

or ra

zor l

oath

ing

hipp

ies

nutm

eg s

patt

erin

gsch

ocol

ate

pool

ed b

irthm

ark

and

hazy

err

atic

frec

kles

.

Untit

led

� Ke

lly K

eena

n �

Phot

ogra

ph

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Veni

son

Maly

nda

Shoo

k

•Fall

200

5 Ed

itor’s

Pick

You

skin

ned

a de

er h

ere

whe

n I w

as fi

vein

the

dank

she

d cl

utte

ring

the

dark

corn

er o

f the

long

bac

k ya

rd. I

wat

ched

you

by a

sin

gle

bulb

hus

k

the

puss

y w

illow

leg

like

early

corn

, muc

us c

ordi

ng th

roug

h yo

ur h

ands

was

tass

el fi

brou

s, ra

w. P

ink

slop

es b

loom

ed b

enea

th li

ke s

ecre

ts

told

too

soon

. The

spa

ded

head

was

hid

den

byyo

ur h

ikin

g bo

ot, l

eft m

e w

atch

ing

limbs

spl

ayed

out

from

a o

nce-

whi

te b

elly

, mot

tled

vase

.D

ark

tulip

s on

vel

vet s

tem

s. Sk

irtle

ss B

lack

-Eye

dSu

sans

, blin

king

. St

roke

by

stro

ke y

ou s

heat

hed

the

ampl

e ro

und,

you

r for

e-he

ad c

rouc

hed

info

cus.

Cra

ftsm

an y

ou, p

lyin

g yo

ur tr

ade.

Sus

pend

edin

the

air w

ere

fl ies

and

sum

mer

nig

ht,

som

eone

spe

akin

g. A

nd y

ou, d

oing

the

dirt

y

wor

k, s

kinn

ing

the

deer

. I a

sked

you

onc

e,Yo

u sa

id I

mus

t hav

e m

ade

it up

. Now

I im

agin

e m

e he

re, y

oung

er, s

tarin

g at

this

spl

otch

of r

ed fr

om a

qui

ttin

g sp

ray-

pain

t can

, in

the

dam

p sh

ed tu

rned

clu

bhou

seth

at m

y ol

der b

roth

er ru

led,

writ

ing

you

in, t

he s

tren

gth

of y

our s

ure

hand

s sk

inni

ng th

at d

eer l

ike

no o

ne e

lse

coul

d st

rip th

e su

pple

ski

n, a

nd la

yits

sof

t for

give

ness

dow

n.

The

Edito

r’s P

ick

is o

ur w

ay o

f ac

know

ledg

ing

wha

t we

feel

is th

e st

rong

est w

ork

of th

is is

sue.

Mal

ynda

Sho

ok’s

Veni

son,

with

its

blue

-col

lar p

asto

ral i

mag

ery,

is fo

r us

a re

pres

enta

tion

of th

e ru

ral l

ife th

at s

urro

unds

us.

It is

not

onl

y ar

tistic

, but

w

ell c

raft

ed.

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an

B

ridge

t Blas

iO

nhe

r hea

dlie

s th

e w

eigh

tof

it

all;

the

stre

ss o

f the

wor

ld o

n he

r b

are-

bone

d sh

ould

ers,

hous

ing

the

inab

ility

to

feed

the

youn

g th

at li

e in

Gul

u di

rt, c

over

edin

torn

red

rags

, the

ir ga

unt l

egs

pulle

d tig

ht

to ju

ttin

g rib

s. Sh

e w

atch

es a

s th

ey g

row

wea

k--t

oo w

eak

to s

wat

the

fl ies

that

line

thei

r tau

ght b

lack

ski

n; li

sten

s to

the

hum

of q

uiet

crie

s lik

e th

e rh

ythm

of th

e bu

sh, t

he ro

ckin

g gi

ant

man

ato

p he

r, cl

aim

ing

her,

owni

ng h

er, b

ruis

ing.

The

brill

iant

whi

te o

f her

ey

es re

fl ect

the

horr

ors

of L

R A

rmy—

raw

bea

tings

with

gra

in p

estle

s, th

e m

urde

rof

the

babe

in th

e m

orta

r, pa

in o

f im

pose

d se

xon

a g

irl n

ot y

et e

leve

n yo

ung.

Her

with

ered

han

dfl i

es to

her

mou

th, h

er g

asp

audi

ble:

the

brid

eof

yet

ano

ther

man

, the

dom

estic

sla

ve w

ith n

o rig

hts,

no fo

od, a

nd t

he c

ost o

f rap

efo

reve

r in

her b

lood

. Beg

ging

for

wat

er, f

or ju

stic

e, to

be

told

sh

e is

mor

e th

an th

e re

d ra

g of

clo

th h

ung

loos

ely

abou

t her

kno

bby

knee

s. Le

ft o

utsi

de th

e re

fuge

e w

alls

, add

ed to

the

rank

s of

the

defi l

ed, i

t’s h

ard

for h

erto

bel

ieve

a w

oman

is m

ore

than

co

llate

ral d

amag

e in

a U

gand

an w

ar.

Resp

onse

to a

rtic

le: “

Viol

ence

aga

inst

wom

en in

Uga

nda”

by

Rich

ard

Loug

h an

d Eu

an D

enho

lm.

Am

nest

y In

tern

atio

nal.

07/1

7/05

. 26

� P

rism

Prism

- 27

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led

� Ch

risty

Cas

beer

� O

il on

Boar

d Pa

nels

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expe

rienc

e ju

st w

ent f

rom

unp

leas

ant t

o de

cide

dly

un-fu

n. A

n es

say

that

bet

ter r

esem

bled

m

y tr

ue fe

elin

gs w

ould

hav

e em

phas

ized

that

I do

n’t w

ant t

his

M16

in th

e fi r

st p

lace

, and

I t

here

fore

foun

d it

easy

to lo

se.

And

so,

as

I writ

e th

is, I

look

dis

dain

fully

at m

y w

eapo

n th

inki

ng: “

Wel

l, M

16 #

2460

1, w

e’re

goi

ng to

sha

re s

ome

sour

tim

es to

geth

er.”

... To e

nhan

ce o

ur t

rain

ing,

the

re a

re m

ock

Iraqi

tow

ns s

catt

ered

abo

ut t

his

hot

sum

mer

de

sert

som

e tw

enty

mile

s no

rth

of t

he U

S-M

exic

o bo

rder

. W

e fr

eque

nted

a v

illag

e ca

lled

“Al-M

attr

,” w

hich

is p

opul

ated

by

as m

any

as 2

00 a

ctor

s, an

d is

com

pris

ed o

f 43

st

ruct

ures

incl

udin

g a

Mos

que,

bak

ery,

pol

ice

stat

ion,

bar

ber

shop

, and

an

auto

rep

air

gara

ge, a

mon

g ot

hers

. Th

e vi

llage

rs a

re e

ntire

ly M

exic

an a

nd, a

ccor

ding

to

one

acto

r, w

orki

ng fo

r the

Arm

y ov

er o

ther

wor

k be

caus

e th

e pa

y is

$8

an h

our.

The

y sp

eak

Span

ish

in p

lace

of A

rabi

c, a

nd to

com

mun

icat

e w

ith th

em, w

e ha

ve “I

raqi

” tra

nsla

tors

. Th

ere

are

also

Iraq

i pol

ice

and

Iraqi

sec

urity

forc

e ac

tors

. One

of o

ur m

issi

ons

was

to b

uild

a tr

affi c

co

ntro

l poi

nt o

utsi

de A

l-Mat

tr in

15

min

utes

with

con

cert

ina

wire

and

our

mac

hine

-gun

be

arin

g ve

hicl

es.

We

then

had

to m

aint

ain

it fo

r fi v

e ho

urs

equi

pped

with

bla

nk a

mm

o,

body

arm

or, a

nd r

iot

gear

. So

on a

fter

our

pos

t w

as e

stab

lishe

d w

e w

ere

taun

ted

by a

m

an w

alki

ng h

is d

og a

long

our

per

imet

er. T

he Ir

aqi f

ello

w p

icke

d ou

t an

Asi

an so

ldie

r and

ta

unte

d in

Spa

nish

, “Yo

u’re

not

Am

eric

an, w

hy a

re y

ou w

ith t

hem

?” (F

or t

he fi

rst

time,

I w

as a

ppre

ciat

ive

of t

hose

for

ced

year

s of

hig

h sc

hool

Spa

nish

.) H

e th

en p

roce

eded

to

mak

e hi

s eye

s int

o sl

ants

and

sing

a m

ocki

ng A

sian

song

, “D

ong-

Don

g, D

ong-

Don

g, D

ong!

” O

n cu

e an

d to

the

satis

fact

ion

of o

ur in

stru

ctor

s, a

sold

ier fi

red

an a

bsur

d w

arni

ng s

hot a

t th

e m

an. I

n a

sepa

rate

inci

dent

, tw

o vi

llage

rs b

egge

d m

e fo

r foo

d an

d w

ater

on

my

port

ion

of th

e fe

nce.

I o

ff ere

d th

em a

pie

ce o

f gum

and

they

wer

e ap

prec

iativ

e an

d le

ft.

On

the

othe

r sid

e of

the

fenc

e, th

e sa

me

two

villa

gers

wen

t beg

ging

and

our

gua

rds

disp

atch

ed

four

sold

iers

in ri

ot g

ear t

o dr

ive

them

aw

ay. T

hese

reac

tions

by

my

unit,

alo

ng w

ith o

ther

un

beco

min

g co

nfro

ntat

ions

, con

trib

uted

to th

e “bl

oody

” rio

t we

face

d by

95

of th

e vi

llage

rs

(“w

ar o

ffi ci

als”

dec

ide

who

is k

illed

, wou

nded

, etc

.). I

n th

e A

fter

-Act

ion

Revi

ew, w

e w

ere

rem

inde

d to

mak

e an

att

empt

to

win

the

“hea

rts

and

min

ds” o

f th

e Ira

qi p

eopl

e. L

ater

th

at d

ay, a

van

spe

d to

the

back

gat

e w

here

I w

as p

oste

d an

d op

ened

fi re

on

som

e of

the

Iraqi

pol

ice

(We

wer

e to

ld t

hat

the

Iraqi

pol

ice

are

likel

y as

sass

inat

ion

targ

ets

beca

use

othe

r Ira

qis

wan

t th

eir

jobs

.).

Rem

embe

ring

my

prom

ise

to C

orin

ne t

o liv

e at

all

cost

s an

d to

tra

in a

s I e

xpec

t to

fi gh

t, I u

sed

one

of t

he Ir

aqi o

ffi ce

rs a

s a

hum

an s

hiel

d. T

he

war

refe

rees

took

not

ice

and

decl

ared

me

a su

rviv

or.

The

dead

sho

uld

tell

no t

ales

, but

Exce

rpts

from

The

Oth

er A

rmy

S

PC M

ello

n, J

oshu

a J.

May

200

5: F

t. Co

rval

lis, O

R (L

ivin

g-ro

om)

A “U

nit

of In

tere

st?”

Shi

t. D

eplo

ymen

t m

eans

at

leas

t 36

5 da

ys o

f hel

l and

irra

tiona

lity.

Th

is w

on’t

be fo

reig

n to

me,

how

ever

; I w

as C

atho

lic fo

r 20

year

s. It

’s an

aw

ful f

eelin

g to

be

und

er s

omeo

ne’s

cont

rol w

hen

they

don

’t ca

re a

bout

you

r de

sire

s or

thi

nk o

f you

as

anyo

ne s

peci

al...

I fe

el s

ick.

... Aug

2005

: Ft

. Blis

s, TX

(Tra

inin

g Fa

cilit

y)W

here

to b

egin

... la

te la

st e

veni

ng, I

left

my

M16

in o

ur n

earb

y ca

mp

latr

ine

and

I did

n’t

real

ize

it un

til t

his

mor

ning

. I’l

l jum

p ah

ead

to a

sel

ectio

n fr

om t

he 5

00 w

ord

apol

ogy

I ha

d to

writ

e ab

out T

he Im

port

ance

of W

eapo

ns A

ccou

ntab

ility

: “I

n th

is e

ssay

, I h

ope

to

dem

onst

rate

tha

t I r

ecog

nize

the

ser

ious

ness

of w

eapo

ns a

ccou

ntab

ility

, and

tha

t I a

m

sinc

erel

y re

mor

sefu

l for

leav

ing

my

wea

pon

unat

tend

ed.

I hav

e co

mpi

led

a lo

ng li

st o

f st

rong

reas

ons

why

wea

pons

acc

ount

abili

ty is

crit

ical

ly im

port

ant,

but I

bel

ieve

they

boi

l do

wn

to t

hree

cen

tral

issu

es:

1) I

am in

eff e

ctiv

e w

ithou

t m

y w

eapo

n; t

o de

fend

mys

elf

or m

y fe

llow

sol

dier

s, 2)

an

unm

onito

red

wea

pon

puts

all

of u

s in

dan

ger,

and

3) a

lost

w

eapo

n w

ill p

rom

pt m

any

unde

sira

ble

bure

aucr

atic

con

sequ

ence

s.” I

real

ly fo

cuse

d on

th

is la

st is

sue

sinc

e it

aff e

cted

me

the

mos

t. A

fter

my

wea

pon

was

retu

rned

to m

e, I

was

be

rate

d by

an

offi c

er yo

unge

r tha

n m

e, st

rippe

d of

ent

erta

inm

ent p

rivile

ges,

mad

e to

clea

n th

e he

avily

use

d to

ilets

eve

ry o

ther

day

, and

ord

ered

to s

tand

at a

tten

tion

for 2

0 m

inut

es

in fr

ont

of m

y un

it. T

his

expe

rienc

e w

as c

appe

d by

a d

eman

d th

at I

perf

orm

60

push

-up

s. Th

ough

I re

gula

rly s

core

with

in th

e to

p 1%

on

the

Arm

y Ph

ysic

al F

itnes

s Te

st, i

t was

im

port

ant t

o en

sure

that

the

offi c

er w

ho o

rder

ed m

e to

do

the

push

-ups

felt

like

60 w

as

the

right

num

ber.

Thi

s ent

ails

bre

ezin

g th

roug

h th

e fi r

st 3

0, st

rugg

ling

a bi

t with

the

next

15

, fi gh

ting

thro

ugh

the

follo

win

g 10

, sha

king

ove

r tho

se n

ear-

the-

end

fi erc

e 4,

and

fi nd

ing

Jesu

s in

that

fi na

l pus

h-up

. Yes

, I le

arne

d m

y le

sson

with

that

per

fect

60.

But

just

in c

ase

I di

dn’t,

I al

so h

ave

to c

arry

my

M16

eve

ryw

here

I go

(bat

hroo

m, r

unni

ng, e

tc.).

My

trai

ning

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the

acto

r I u

sed

was

pis

sed.

To

expl

ain

mys

elf I

dec

lare

d th

at, “

I’d ra

ther

be

judg

ed b

y 12

th

an b

urie

d by

6,” a

nd in

app

aren

t dis

agre

emen

t with

this

logi

c, h

e ca

lled

me,

in E

nglis

h, a

“c

owar

dly

bitc

h.”

Onc

e th

is a

ctor

was

resu

rrec

ted

by a

war

offi

cial

, he

turn

ed o

n us

and

ki

lled

thre

e U

S so

ldie

rs b

efor

e he

was

sho

t by

me

(I w

as w

atch

ing

this

guy

). T

he le

sson

: do

n’t t

rust

the

Iraqi

pol

ice.

At t

he e

nd o

f the

exe

rcis

e, w

e ha

d sl

augh

tere

d m

ore

than

fi ve

in

noce

nt c

ivili

ans,

gene

rally

har

asse

d th

e vi

llage

rs, a

nd I

was

out

of g

um.

... I’m n

ow p

rivy

to a

ll th

at w

ordl

ess

com

mun

icat

ion

seen

in w

ar m

ovie

s. U

nfor

tuna

tely

, the

offi

cia

l han

d an

d ar

m s

igna

ls a

re n

ot a

s in

tuiti

vely

obv

ious

as

they

are

in th

e m

ovie

s. F

or

inst

ance

, you

’re su

ppos

ed to

hol

d bo

th h

ands

in fr

ont o

f you

r fac

e to

indi

cate

that

you

don’

t un

ders

tand

a g

iven

mes

sage

and

the

n w

ait

for

clar

ifi ca

tion,

rat

her

than

just

doi

ng y

our

own

dam

n th

ing,

as

is th

e A

mer

ican

cus

tom

. H

owev

er, I

do

appr

ecia

te th

e cl

arity

of t

he

“we’

re e

nter

ing

a da

nger

are

a an

d ar

e lik

ely

goin

g to

die

” sig

nal:

a h

and

acro

ss th

e th

roat

m

imic

king

a s

impl

e de

capi

tatio

n. U

pon

seei

ng th

is, I

wou

ld g

ive

the

“I do

n’t u

nder

stan

d”

sign

al a

nd th

en d

o m

y ow

n da

mn

thin

g.

The

Edito

r’s P

ick

is o

ur w

ay o

f ac

know

ledg

ing

wha

t we

feel

is th

e st

rong

est w

ork

of

this

issu

e. M

alyn

da S

hook

’s Ve

niso

n, w

ith it

s bl

ue-c

olla

r pas

tora

l im

ager

y, is

for u

s a

repr

esen

tatio

n of

the

rura

l life

that

sur

roun

ds u

s. It

is n

ot o

nly

artis

tic, b

ut w

ell c

raft

ed.

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Portr

ait 3

� A

man

da L

ucas

� C

harc

oal

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Mont

eray

Bay

Aqu

ariu

m �

Kyl

en R

eaga

n �

Phot

ogra

ph

148

Step

hen

Sum

mer

s

and

for s

ix e

lect

ric li

ght.

To h

ell w

ith

swel

l frie

nds.

Awfu

lly s

wel

l. In

love

hav

ing

it. Ju

st e

xcha

nged

of v

alue

s

enou

ghex

perie

nceE

njoy

ing

fi ve

wen

t alo

ng y

ou d

id p

oint

. I li

ked

to s

ee h

im h

urt

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THE

GREA

TEST

TRA

GEDI

ES IN

LIFE

ARE

THE

SE:

Maly

nda

Shoo

k

I. Des

pite

our

big

gest

aim

sw

e do

not

touc

h.By

virt

ue o

f our

ato

ms

we

are

sole

,sc

reen

ed b

y th

e el

ectr

on’s

spas

tic lu

rch

butt

ing

even

in m

ost i

ntim

ate

Baby

’s fi r

st to

uch

the

fi nge

r pin

ched

in g

um c

rush

the

suck

ing

bond

of fi

rst w

et, i

mpr

ovis

atio

nal h

old.

II. The

atom

doe

sn’t

know

it is

alo

ne.

Medi

cine

Cabi

net �

Eric

Ste

en �

Mixe

d Me

dia

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2. Or t

he w

ay m

y fa

ther

tapp

ed h

is fo

otW

hile

pla

ying

the

guita

r, as

ifTo

a d

iff er

ent,

dist

ant b

eat.

The

one

to p

lay

agai

nst.

And

the

wor

ds h

e be

lted,

If he

san

g, c

ould

brin

g m

e to

tear

sBe

fore

I w

as a

war

e. T

hey

wer

eAc

hing

on

air.

By h

igh

scho

ol,

He

neve

r rea

lly c

ame

back

.H

is A

foun

d its

way

into

my

hand

.A

nd, a

gain

, I p

ract

iced

;A

ll th

ose

pond

erin

g ni

ghts

Sayi

ng n

ame

with

out t

he A

.

More

than

For

gery

G

effre

y Da

vis

1. I use

d to

hav

e tr

oubl

e w

ith th

e A

;H

is e

mph

asiz

ed d

etai

l was

har

dTo

cop

y—th

e qu

ick

wav

e of

str

okes

Prec

edin

g th

e do

wnf

all o

f the

pen

. In

mid

dle

scho

ol,

I pra

ctic

ed it

dai

ly fo

r tw

o w

eeks

Befo

re m

y m

othe

r had

me

endo

rse

the

back

sO

f his

V.A

. che

cks,

pile

d fr

om th

e m

onth

sH

e w

ent a

way

—Pa

y to

the

orde

r of

And

then

sig

n on

the

seco

nd li

ne.

They

bou

ght e

noug

h fo

od to

hus

h ou

r rum

blin

gs.

They

kep

t lig

hts

and

war

m w

ater

.

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Hous

es �

Eliz

abet

h �

Phot

ogra

ph

4th

of J

uly,

Ave

ry P

ark

Je

rem

y Da

Ros

a

Soup

-Stra

iner

. Han

dleb

ar. T

ruck

er(L

emm

y fr

om M

otor

head

sty

le).

A M

ulst

ache

, the

loya

l sid

ekic

kof

a m

ulle

t. H

aven

’t se

enon

e of

thos

e in

a w

hile

.Tr

ashi

stac

he, e

asie

st o

ne, b

ut w

hydr

ive

a Ca

mry

whe

n yo

u co

uld

driv

ea

Cam

aro?

Fu-

Man

-Chu

. Wea

r it

with

prid

e. T

he Th

rille

r. If

you’

ve g

ot it

you

’ve

got t

o fl a

unt i

t.so

me

peop

le d

on’t

unde

rsta

ndth

e ap

peal

of t

he D

ad-s

tach

e, b

utit

feel

s so

righ

t wea

ring

a le

athe

rja

cket

and

list

enin

g to

Bos

ton.

But,

it’s

mor

e th

an fe

elin

g, it

’sa

way

of l

ife.

Just

look

at B

obD

ylan

, so

ugly

but

so

good

. N

othi

ng s

ays “

Than

k yo

u, A

mer

ica”

Like

a m

usta

che.