Ursinus College Digital Commons @ Ursinus College The Lantern Literary Magazines Ursinusiana Collection Spring 2020 The Lantern, 2019-2020 Colleen Murphy Ursinus College Jeremy Moyer Ursinus College Adam Mlodzinski Ursinus College Samuel Ernst Ursinus College Lauren Toscano Ursinus College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/lantern See P nextart of page the forFiction additional Commons authors, Illustr ation Commons, Nonfiction Commons, and the Poetry Commons Click here to let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Murphy, Colleen; Moyer, Jeremy; Mlodzinski, Adam; Ernst, Samuel; Toscano, Lauren; Tenaglia, Gabriel; Banks, Griffin; McColgan, Madison; Malones, Ria; Thornton, Rachel; DeMelfi, Gabby; Worcheck, Liam; Savage, Ryan; Worley, Vanessa; Schuh, Aviva; Bradigan, Emily; Addis, Kiley; Kushner, Shayna; Leon, Kevin; Armstrong, Tommy; Schmitz, Matthew; Drury, Millie; Lozzi, Jenna; Buck, Sarah; Ercole, Cyn; Mason, Morgan; Partee, Janice; Rodak, Madison; Walker, Daniel; Gagan, Jordan; Yanaga, Brooke; Foley, Kate I.; Li, Matthew; Brink, Zach; White, Jessica; Dziekan, Anastasia; Perez, Jadidsa; Abrahams, Ian; Reilly, Lindsey; Witkowska, Kalina; Cooney, Kristen; Paiano, Julia; Halko, Kylie; Eckenrod, Tiffini; and Gavin, Kelsey, "The Lantern, 2019-2020" (2020). The Lantern Literary Magazines. 186. https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/lantern/186 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Ursinusiana Collection at Digital Commons @ Ursinus College. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Lantern Literary Magazines by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Ursinus College. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Authors Colleen Murphy, Jeremy Moyer, Adam Mlodzinski, Samuel Ernst, Lauren Toscano, Gabriel Tenaglia, Griffin Banks, Madison McColgan, Ria Malones, Rachel Thornton, Gabby DeMelfi, Liam orW check, Ryan Savage, Vanessa Worley, Aviva Schuh, Emily Bradigan, Kiley Addis, Shayna Kushner, Kevin Leon, Tommy Armstrong, Matthew Schmitz, Millie Drury, Jenna Lozzi, Sarah Buck, Cyn Ercole, Morgan Mason, Janice Partee, Madison Rodak, Daniel Walker, Jordan Gagan, Brooke Yanaga, Kate I. Foley, Matthew Li, Zach Brink, Jessica White, Anastasia Dziekan, Jadidsa Perez, Ian Abrahams, Lindsey Reilly, Kalina Witkowska, Kristen Cooney, Julia Paiano, Kylie Halko, Tiffinick E enrod, and Kelsey Gavin This book is available at Digital Commons @ Ursinus College: https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/lantern/186 The Lantern Volume LXXXIX 2019-2020 Editor Nicole Kosar Section Editors Fiction: Sarah Buck Poetry: Adam Mlodzinski Nonfiction & Drama: Shadow Wilf Visual Arts: Robert Varney Production Editor Kiley Addis Production Staff Kevin León Christa Jacob Copyeditors Anastasia Dziekan Sara Meredith Lauren Toscano Daniel Walker Bio Editors Millie Drury Kim Corona Rachel Haas-Gutin Faculty Advisor Jon Volkmer 2 Fiction Readers Ally St. Jean Kate I. Foley Matthew Li Daniel Walker Poetry Readers Julian Barocas Sam Beckman Cassidy Robinson Jess Greenburg Evelyn Rubino Nonfiction & Drama Readers Amy Litofsky Gabriel Tenaglia Visual Arts Readers Gabby DeMelfi Shayna Kushner Isabel Wesman 3 CONTENTS Poetry Prize 8 COLLEEN MURPHY Cochlea, Greek for Snail (Selected by Catharine Holmes ‘12) 9 Prose Prize 11 JEREMY MOYER That Light in the Sky (Selected by Jess Demers ‘98) 12 Creager Prize 18 ADAM MLODZINSKI Overview Effect (Selected by Shawn Witt ‘01) 19 Fiction JEREMY MOYER The Running Man 51 SAMUEL ERNST Sunset 58 LAUREN TOSCANO Rabbits 71 SAMUEL ERNST What Happened While You Were 93 Drunk Last Saturday Night GABRIEL TENAGLIA 21st Century Frankenstein 101 GRIFFIN BANKS Passing 109 MADISON MCCOLGAN I Saw the Veil 125 RIA MALONES Star Crossed 147 RACHEL THORNTON Subtle Hints 157 Poetry GABBY DEMELFI Hungry 29 LIAM WORCHECK Basement High 32 RYAN SAVAGE The Night Who Lost Its Stars 33 VANESSA WORLEY Remnants 39 AVIVA SCHUH Nostalgia 40 EMILY BRADIGAN I Want to Go to Bed 44 LIAM WORCHECK Wooden Car Blues 45 KILEY ADDIS Silver Honey 46 GABBY DEMELFI The Breakup 47 SHAYNA KUSHNER Here’s to Losing You 50 KEVIN LEÓN Marfa 57 LIAM WORCHECK Cold Wind Blows 67 LAUREN TOSCANO Last Week 68 KEVIN LEÓN 6/12/2019 70 TOM ARMSTRONG These Feather Earrings 83 4 MATTHEW SCHMITZ Every Piece of White Trash Comes 85 from Somewhere MILLIE DRURY Color Motion Blur 86 JENNA LOZZI Song of the Kauai O’o 87 COLLEEN MURPHY You/Me/Him 88 SARAH BUCK Girl in Three Parts 90 CYNNIE ERCOLE With Anxiety 92 MORGAN MASON Foreigner 100 JANICE PARTEE Eating Your Own Field 108 MADISON RODAK Mary Cassatt Sits for a Self Portrait 122 DANIEL WALKER Thanatourism 123 JANICE PARTEE Lost in Transportation 124 JORDAN GAGAN Chicken Pot Pie Picture Show 134 DANIEL WALKER Curses, Foiled Again 143 MILLIE DRURY From Amelia Goldstein’s 145 “Movement in Your Words” 2019 BROOKE YANAGA At the Altar 146 KATE I. FOLEY More Than Words 154 MATTHEW LI Show Me Your Eyes 156 ZACHERY BRINK Ears 163 COLLEEN MURPHY The Deflowering 164 KATE I. FOLEY Space 165 COLLEEN MURPHY The Tea Bags 166 JESSICA WHITE Make No Mistake 170 ANASTASIA DZIEKAN What Does He Do With the Body?: 171 Four Possibilities Nonfiction SARAH BUCK The Story of How I Died, or What 28 the Witches Gave Me JADIDSA PEREZ Fortune-Teller 30 IAN ABRAHAMS No Thanks 34 KILEY ADDIS Winter Words 41 LINDSEY REILLY Fluorescent Adolescent 48 TOM ARMSTRONG Etiquettical Triptych 135 KATE I. FOLEY Curls and Flower Petals 144 KALINA WITKOWSKA Being or Falling 167 Visual Art KRISTEN COONEY Fond Memories 73 JULIA PAIANO You 74 5 JULIA PAIANO All to My City 75 KILEY ADDIS The Shoreline 76 Tranquility KYLIE HALKO Eggs 77 Burnt 78 Anthony 79 Targets 80 TIFFINI-AMBER ECKENROD Looking Up 81 KELSEY GAVIN Nebula 82 Eastern State Cover Art When making “Beach” (acrylic paint on canvas), I examined the different colors that come from various beaches and composed one universal and recognizable image of a beach. I had just come back to school after summer break and everyone was talking about their vacations to the beach. Interested in the use of geometry, patterns, and repetition in visual art, I wove two pieces of canvas together to give the sand a geometric look as well as some texture. I used different application techniques with acrylic paint to give it a unique look, and to simulate the fluid quality of the ocean and crashing surf. Kylie Halko 6 Editor’s Note This year was cut short for us. Seniors and underclassmen alike mourn the loss of our last months on campus, of our graduation. After years of frantic essay writing and drunken philosophical conversations, of laughing until we cried and crying until we laughed, of best friends and perhaps a few enemies… after years of growing and changing, our last few weeks are gone. Our last chance to say goodbye is gone. But this is the 2020 issue of The Lantern. This is our goodbye, our hello, and anything else we may want to say to the school, our friends, or the world. Thank you to my family who always support me without a second thought, even if they are very loud about it. Thank you to all my friends, who made Ursinus a place I love. Thank you to Jon Volkmer, who gave a psychology major a chance to edit The Lantern. Thank you to everyone who submitted – your art and passion are why The Lantern exists. Every year, the editor chooses the lantern that appears on the title page of our literary magazine. There have been as many lanterns as there are Lanterns. They signify a memory, an ideal, or an aesthetic. My choice is no different. This year, you’ll find floating lanterns on the first page. The Lantern is a creation built by many hands and minds. From readers to editors. From artists to copywriters. From me, a writer of cliché editor notes, to you, ready to explore what Ursinus’s brains and hearts have to offer. There is no one lantern, alone and sputtering against the night, but many that light up the sky – together. Nicole Kosar Content Warning The Lantern has always refused to censor in their authors' works, and this edition is no different. However, we would like the readers to be aware that the historical fiction “Passing” by Griffin Banks contains offensive language. The author considers the language necessary for the power and authenticity of his work, and we agree. The editors, out of respect for the freedom and autonomy of Mr. Banks (last year’s Lantern fiction prize winner), have elected not to censor his story. Out of respect for the personal beliefs and sensitivities of its readers, the editors offer this notice, so that readers may decide for themselves, in advance, if they wish to read this work. NK 7 POETRY PRIZE WINNER “Cochlea, Greek for Snail” by Colleen Murphy It takes talent to cover topics of hardship in a way that isn’t cliché, forced or fanciful, and Cochlea, Greek for Snail does it masterfully. This is a poem delivering a strong and well-balanced narrative that marches the reader forward (“we inch along, steadily”) through topics including love, disability, motherhood, self-loathing, control, responsibility, illness, acceptance, and hope. By juxtaposing these complex topics with clear language to build a setting that is neither overtly cheerful nor anguished, the poet naturally and magnificently shapes a framework to house latent emotion. RUNNER-UP “Make No Mistake” by Jessica White Make No Mistake is fierce and compelling. It is timeless and it is relevant, it is unwavering. More than just words on paper, it is a call to action. Catharine Holmes (’12) holds a bachelor’s degree in English and Art History. At Ursinus she worked as an Editor of The Lantern, as President of Literary Society, and on the staff of The Grizzly. She now lives in Boston, Massachusetts, where she is a specialist in antique American art and a Director of America’s oldest fine art gallery.