BURN MAGAZINE Number 3, Winter 2009-10 1 O Driver! My Driver! Amtrak Alliance 22 Elizabeth Santovasi Leila Campoli 2 Oak Tree Life Lessons of the Beatles 25 David Braga Hannah Sheinberg 12 Pets On the Docks 27 Julian Glander David Braga 15 Arachnophobia Hector 35 Michael Ivy Matthew Connolly 16 The Earth Worms An Albatross 37 Mara Hampton Jamie Burke 17 Stickered Fragile An Extinct Species: 45 Mara Hampton Ice Cream Entails Jill Rubin 18 Wasteland Elizabeth Santovasi There was a little girl 46 René Amat 19 What Day Is This! Brooke Hubbard Contributors 47 Ryne Hager and Jenna Dee, Co-Editors Sara Trotta, Contributing Editor | Zachary Bos, Advising Editor Founded in 2006 by Catherine Craft, Mary Sullivan, and Chase Quinn. Boston University undergraduates may send submissions to
[email protected]. Manuscripts are considered year-round. Burn Magazine is published according to an irregualr schedule by the Boston University Literary Society; printed by The Pen & Anvil Press. Front cover photograph by Andrew Bisdale, CAS 2010. The editors thank thank Piper Breves, SED 2012, for posing. -fromBurnwithlove- BURN MAGAZINE ELIZABETH SANTOVASI ________________________________ O Driver! My Driver! O Driver! My Driver! Our perilous drive has ended The bus survived the agitated traffic; our stomachs will soon bemended The school is near, the horns I hear, the kids jump in discomposure While the school awaits our ingress, our feelings remain unsure: But O heart! Heart! Heart! Skittles fly into the air, And land in the aisle where my driver lies Fallen hard right out of his chair Oh Driver! My Driver! Upturn and hear the jostle; Surmount- for you the kids in seats turn green—jump up and join the bustle; You clutch your heart so frantically; we’re all caught in suspense; Our concern creeps in steadily as we await the ambulance.