
TOPSY TURVY
Amanda Monroe ’16

TOPSY TURVY
Amanda Monroe ’16
BY KATHY DETRANO ’67
UNTITLEDLiana Florez ’15
Liana Florez2015
Untitled Liana Florez ’15
December 1994Anthony is sunken into the queen-sized mattress pulling his knees up to his chin. He clutches at his ankles withblistered hands. Hands that had built some of the structures that surround the city, but he would never notice.His palms are thick and brawny. Big blue veins emphasizethe muscles that gloat over his metacarpals. His…
(My apologies to Shakespeare.) When the morning sun shines through the room, And Bob the trash man collects the cans, And Tom the janitor picks up the broom, And the only sound is the dorm room fans; When the covers are thrown, and you shoot a scowl, Then loudly sings that box so foul, Bo-beep,…