Volume 21 Volume 2020 Volume 21 • 2020 1 A magazine of creative expression by students, faculty, and staff at Southeast Community College Beatrice/Lincoln/Milford, NE Falls City/Hebron/Nebraska City/Plattsmouth/Wahoo/York, NE Volume 21 2020 “You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.” James Baldwin Illuminations Volume 21 Co-Editors: Kimberly Vonnahme & Tammy Jolene Zimmer Graphic Designer: Nathan Comstock Editorial Team: Noor Azeez, Teresa Burt, Angela Cyza, Sarah Heliker, Melissa Herrick, Matthew Ho, Marge Itzen, Kavita Katana, Jennifer McCreary, Aaron Odvody, Phip Ross, Ashley Skoda, Tatiana Startseva, Shawn Shonerd, Vicki L Williams, Terry Wolf, Kennedy Nguyen, Nature Villegas Project Assistants: Misty Griggs, David Hallowell, Jeanine Jewell, Kate Loden, Jennifer Snyder, Jessica Vetter, the English instructors of the Arts and Sciences Division Conceptual Creator: Shane Zephier Illuminations publishes creative prose, poetry, and visual art, as well as academic and literary writing. We encourage submissions from across the disciplines. Our mission is to feature outstanding artistic works with a diversity of voices, styles, and subjects meaningful to the SCC community. Illuminations is further evidence that original thought and creative expression are celebrated by Southeast Community College. Illuminations is published in April of each year. Submissions are accepted year- round from SCC students, faculty, and staff. Email submissions to Editor Tammy Zimmer,
[email protected], with the following information: 1) The title and a brief description of each submission; 2) Your name, ID#, and program/position at SCC; 3) Your physical address, phone number, and email address; 4) Your motivation for creating each submission; 5) A brief, informal bio of yourself; mention unique traits, habits, or guilty pleasures—whatever makes you you; 6) The following statement with your typed “signature”: This submission is my own original, unpublished work.