S p r i n g 2 0 2 1 the normal review A Literary and Arts Publication The Normal Review A Literary and Arts Publication Montclair State University Spring 2021 Cover art: Limits by Javas Lal Medium: Colored pencil on sketchbook paper. Cover design by Casey Masterson Copyright © 2021 The Normal Review Montclair State University 317 Dickson Hall Montclair, NJ 07043 All Rights Reserved For more information, visit: thenormalreviewmsu.wordpress.com or email:
[email protected] Thank you to: OUR EXECUTIVE BOARD Editor in Chief Art Editor Casey Masterson Sean Dolan Poetry Editor Prose Editor Cristian Morillo Emma Daly Secretary Kyle N. Velez OUR PRODUCTION STAFF Rosaria Lo Presti Erin Rudderow Heidi Wassong Melissa Hawk OUR FACULTY ADVISOR David Galef MISSING WRITERS There are five unclaimed poems in this edition of The Normal Review. Any work listed as "Unclaimed" can be claimed by the original writer by contacting
[email protected] with proof of authorship. TABLE OF CONTENTS How To Submit 1 On a Scale of One to Ten Unclaimed 2 Yoo-hoo, Solitaire, Peppermint Patty 3 Alex Baumbusch Brujeria 6 Sean Dolan To See the Face of God 7 Grace Wilson Spirit 10 Javas Lal Man with Handler 11 Kyle N. Velez Perfectly Mating a Soul to Flesh 13 Julia Young Just Sam 22 Olivia Prusakowski Flowers and Diamonds 31 Sean Dolan Day at the Volcanic Beach 32 Sean Dolan FIGMENTS 33 Eduard Jurado Hazelnut Kisses 34 Rosaria Lo Presti Learning to Sew 35 Grace Wilson Smile Edward DuCoin 38 Body Art 39 Unclaimed Sea Monster 41 Heidi Wassong Secondary Chills 45 Unclaimed Blessed 46 Edward DuCoin Numb 47 Julia Young Is Anyone's Favorite Hobby to Wash Dishes? 48 Unclaimed Dare to Dream Nicole MacGregor 49 Glitter Session 01 51 Unclaimed Juliet's Soliloquy 52 John Jenkins Follow Me Back to the Garden 56 Rosaria Lo Presti Collected Olivia Prusakowski 58 Girl and the Panda 67 Edward DuCoin Contributors' Notes 68 HOW TO SUBMIT Only undergraduate and graduate students at Montclair State University are eligible to submit.