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Metaphor, Weber State University’s undergraduate interdisciplinary journal, is in its thirtieth year of publication. The journal is staffed entirely by Weber State University students. Metaphor accepts submissions in visual arts, poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and music from students of Weber State University as well as selected pieces from the National Undergraduate Literature Conference. Publications in Metaphor are chosen through a blind submission process. The author, visual artist, or composer of each piece is unknown until that piece is selected for publication. Guest judges are invited to ensure the objectivity of art selections. Metaphor is funded primarily through student fees and is distributed free of charge to students, faculty, guests at Weber State University’s annual National Undergraduate Literature Conference, and the community. Copyright © 2011 is retained by individual authors, visual artists, and composers. Printed in the United States of America by Weber State University Printing Services, Ogden, Utah. Metaphor Weber State University 1404 University Circle Ogden, Utah 84408-1404 Visit us on the web: weber.edu/metaphor Cover design by Danielle Weigandt TABLE OF CONTENTS ix Metaphor Staff x Acknowledgments xi Editor’s Notes MUSIC 13 Josaleigh Rain Pollett Salt 13 David Thomas Owen IV Ships; Youth 14 Fox Van Cleef Somethin’ ’bout the Way; Dizzy; Red 15 Clint Stanger It’s OK to Die; Destiny; Red Rain 16 Brady Adair Midnight Sky 16 Owl Hoots Sun Come Callin’ 17 Jacob Smith ’64 Skylark 18 Tom Hughes Lorena; Your Song; Wrapped Up In Yer Blues 18 Rawson Butts The Owl and the Pussycat POETRY 21 “A Book to Its Author” (as inspired by Anne Bradstreet) Kory Wood 23 Pink Galoshes (For My Daughter) Jennifer Widdison 24 Shattered Vase Dwight S. Adams 26 Tomes Joshua Brothers 27 A Moment Between Two Artists Laura Funk iii 28 Story Man (From: “Lives of the Artists” by Dennis Vannatta) Jason VanDaam 29 It Seems I Have Heart Trouble Jason VanDaam 30 Plato’s Pawn Shop Lee Nguyen 31 The Last Cantaloupe Cynthiann Heckelsmiller 32 Grocery Shopping Dixie Hartvigsen 33 Of Vincent Lee Nguyen 34 Dot Murielle Parkinson 35 Where They Go Laura Funk 36 The Things I Can’t Afford Amy Mayo Townsley 38 Sunday Chess in the Park Melanie Walker 39 The Inevitable Love Poem Kaili Watson 40 Owning Briana Zike 42 After My Father’s Death Sean Peek 43 Spent Clint Stanger 44 The River, Merlot Lee Nguyen 45 Eldritch Karleigh Weeks 46 Waiting Jennifer Widdison 47 The Night at the Circus Shannon Beverley iv ART 49 Pensive Women, Little Houses Camela Corcoran 50 Muy Caliente Alex Pommier 51 Who Shall Comfort the Comforter? Megan Wilson 52 Constellations Erica Stearns 53 Color Theory Tom Hughes 54 Fabric of Time Danielle Weigandt 55 Spiral Jetty Ruth Silver 56 The Journey Megan Wilson 57 Morg Darren Curtis 58 Ain’t it Funny How Time Slips Away Carey Francis 59 Under an Umbrella Sharon Salmond 60 Twin Fiddles Tyler Dilworth 61 Roost Jennifer Ronayne 62 Green Women, Little Houses Camela Corcoran 63 A Memory Anna Kristensen 64 My Inner Demons Melinda Taggart 65 Awoken Danielle Weigandt v NONFICTION 67 Caught an Edge John D. Linford 71 Of Indians and Baseball: An Analysis of Sherman Alexie’s “The Approximate Size of My Favorite Tumor” Amy Mayo Townsley 78 American Exceptionalism as Justification for U.S. Foreign Policy Alexandria Waltz 83 Seventy-nine Cents, Plus Tax Amy Mayo Townsley 85 Dickens, Willis and Bogart Kory Wood 93 Fleeting Memories Logan Cox FICTION 95 Chocolate Alicia Glascock 103 Deadlines David Glen (Harrison) 107 Roma Shelly Sphar 109 The Ladybug Trevor Wheelwright 110 The Day that Mrs. Butterworth Died Cynthia Balzomo 118 Pesos Julianne Hiatt Caldwell 120 First Ink Dustin Follett NULC 131 Salt Water Kills Margaret Reynolds: Tulane University, LA 132 Pulling Out of a Walmart Parking Lot Brock Michael Jones: Utah Valley University 133 Marc Chagall’s The Birthday Engram Wilkinson: Tulane University, LA vi 135 Buried Alive Gary Smith: Pikeville College, KY 141 Daddy Long Legs Keats Conley: College of Idaho RETROSPECTIVE 144 I Meant Exactly What I Said Stephanie Pringle 145 Council Brittanie Stumpp 146 Earth Drunk Kristin March 147 Travis Park, Wyoming Rykki Olson 148 Excerpt from “Desert Geisha” Halbert Pete 149 Excerpt from “The Surrogate” Adrian Stumpp 150 Evening Song Mario Douglas Chard 151 Excerpt from “To A Mouse: Lessons In Compassion” Marilyn Diamond 152 Excerpt from “Why Robert Frost No Longer Comes To Tea” Kate S. Tanner 153 Cold Fingers and David Vanessa Hancey 154 Excerpt from “The Beauties” Scott Woodham 155 Brad’s Bakery Bettie Turman 156 Adam’s Apple Jen Henderson 157 Excerpt from “Dyadica” Krista Beus 158 Excerpt from “The Taste” Katherine Herring-Furlong 159 Flying Patrick Murphy vii 160 Seedbed Linda Larsen 161 Excerpt from “Another Washday” Sundy Watanabe 162 Excerpt from “Old and Wise” Anne L. Robbins 163 Excerpt from “Bu Dop 1969” John Beal 164 Ice Cream Man Jennifer J. Elkington 165 Verdant End Briana Beckstrand 166 The Great Put On Jennifer McGrew 167 The Embrace Michael Cheney 168 Michelangelo’s Forgotten Slave Karrin Peterson 169 Hunting Carl Porter 170 We’ll Be Dinosaurs Caril Jennings 170 Thorn Lee Walser 171 Excerpt from “Suffer the Little Children” Amy Allred 172 Excerpt from “Midnight Thoughts” LaVon B. Carroll viii Metaphor Staff Faculty Advisor Jan Hamer Editor-in-Chief Assistant Editor Andrea K. McFarland Quincy Bravo Layout Designer NULC Selections Aaron Conder Coordinator Andrew Choffel Music Editor Clint Stanger Weekly Poem Project Coordinator Art Editor Jason VanDaam Danielle Weigandt Copy Editors Poetry Editor Jan Hamer Jason VanDaam Stephanie Presley Andrea K. McFarland Fiction Editor Briana Zike Website Manager Michelle Paul Non-Fiction Editor Alexandria Waltz Publicity Specialist Andrew Choffel Reviewers Aloha Morris Jacob Ericksen Amy Higgs Jennifer Sanda Amy Mayo Townsley Kayla Jones Bailey Dolan Maggie Greer Carey Francis Melanie Byington Cynthiann Heckelsmiller Melanie Walker Devon Hoxer Michelle Paul Dixie Hartvigsen Stephanie Presley David Glen (Harrison) Tamara Sisler Heidi Vance ix ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This, and every other, edition of Metaphor would not be possible without its staff. Thank you all for your time and service to this publication. Thank you for your commitment, for working with tight deadlines, for handling difficulties with grace, for being friendly to one another, and in general, just being awesome. You are Metaphor, and I see y’all on every page. We would also like to thank the following individuals: • Jason Francis, Cindy Stokes, and the Printing Services staff for answering our questions, making the book happen, and walking with us (literally) every step of the way. • Aubree Gleed, Robin Scott, and Kim Webb for “having our backs” and helping us with everything from advertising to transferring twenty-nine years of printed work into an electronic format. • The professors of Weber State University for encouraging their students to submit their work. • Drs. Kathy Herndon and Vicki Rameriz for their continued support. • Dean Madonne Miner for listening to our idea about having a retrospective section and funding it. • Glen Weise and Brad Roghaar, our Emeritus Faculty Advisors, for going through the old issues and selecting pieces. You have given of yourselves to the students you have served, and we will never forget you for that. • Jan Hamer, our Faculty Advisor, for her willingness to cannonball into Metaphor full force. You have the singular gift of being able to take student ideas, no matter how far-fetched, and figure out ways to make them happen. We love you for your generous heart and your red pen. • The spouses, family members, and significant others of the staff for their patience and support. We could not do what we do without you behind us. x Editor’S NOTES Metaphor has changed over the course of the last thirty years from a publication involving a small staff, to a publication that utilizes the talents of about thirty students from all areas of the arts. It has matured because of the dedication of hundreds of student staff members, three faculty advisors, and thousands of students who have generously offered their work for its creation. We are grateful for these efforts, and recognize how much they underwrite our work this year. We give you the thirtieth edition of Metaphor as an extension of this collective memory and as a showcase of the talents of Weber State University students, past and present. As part of this showcase, the thirtieth edition has a few special features. The music and retrospective sections have online com- ponents that can be accessed at weber.edu/metaphor. Adding these online components to our journal has given us a greater capacity to represent the work of musicians, both as reviews in the journal and as actual performances online. It has also given us the ability to showcase the work of past contributors whose stories or poems were a little long for us to publish full-text. We hope that you will take advantage of these features, and that in the future they will allow Metaphor to expand its outreach in the performing arts. I only have one other thing to say. It is that there is something very communal about publication. It has the power to preserve moments in time and to help us see ourselves clearly. We hope that as you read, listen to, and view the works of artists from this year, and past years, you will find things that echo through your own life. Good reading. Andie K. McFarland Editor-in-Chief xi MUSIC Everywhere we go music surrounds us. Whether it’s com- ing from a blaring alarm clock too early in the morning, a live performance on a late night weekend, or from someone’s screaming ear-buds heard above the harmonious sounds of bustling hallways between classes, we simply cannot escape its mesmerizing hook.