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Digitized by the Internet Archive 2012 with funding from in LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation http://archive.org/details/panku19971998brow Human Nature me Pass it to In a violet field where, The blossoms fill the air With your sweet perfume. I taste it , sip it, and Pass it back to you. I feel an urgency Burning me inside. When? We smile so politely Brushing past the niceties Touching hands as It spins in a circle. How shall we dance This tricky little number? Where the shadows watch all Waiting in corners- BehincTme. Where will it be? you must It will be, realize; I have claimed this paradise For myself, and I alone. Racing, tripping through the blooms Playing, hiding from You, him, ancfher. Can you hear me? Violet Contents Poetry/Prose Violet 1 Human Nature Rocket 5 Song So Sweet Matthew Tabin 10 New World Order Perversions Sally Rudolph 6 Monkey Business Natalie Kappes 7 Headlines Marlies Caspari 9 Mi Viva Sera' Shani Marks 13 Oppressed Dream John Spano 14 Belief Rena Register 15 Mentor Lost Decia Smith 16 Temporary Loss: A New Life Gained Maxwell L. Highsmith 19 A Mother's Love Kathleen Marie Davis 20 What You Wish For Kathleen Marie Davis 21 Fourteen Million To One Mary Ann Magnes 22 The Greatest Show On Earth Brandy Sejeck 24 Forsaking Eden Alyssa Yankwitt 26 Selling Your Soul To The Devil Alyssa Yankwitt 27 Forsaken Prayers And Other... Brandi E. Hass 29 Reaction Melissa Opper 30 My Print Sivan Al-Amary 31 She Matthew Tabin 31 Loved Still Artwork/Photography Stephanie Sasso 4 W.O.N. Laura Sparaco 11 Fragile Strength Carolina R. Effron 8 Riches Of Innocence Linnea Barry 12 Up and Down Paul Berson 18 Romania Jillian Robinson 23 When The Second Hand Stopped Jose Navarro 25 Possessions Jose Martinez 28 Reptilia Susan K. Patterson 33 Bamboo Cover Art : Ravinderjit Singh "Torn" MV/I and more Poetry/Prose Antoinette Swanson 32 The Edge of Midnight Kimberly Tranchida 34 X-mas In South Florida Julie Adams 35 Beams Of Light Jim Kennard 36 Lipo-Culture Sivan Al-Amary 38 To You Good Woman Angelia L. McGirt 41 Morbid Embrace Antoinette Swanson 42 Sanctuary Matthew Tabin 44 Paralyzed By Confusion Over A... Cheryl Belknap 46 When The Moon Spills All Over You Angelia L. McGirt 48 Infinity Matt Doucette 48 Neptune's Kisses Brandy Sejeck 49 Holocaust Natalie Kappes 50 Cookin' Tabari Thompson 52 The Crime Aaron Kent 55 Super Squeak Matt Doucette 56 Godnoise Steve Buxton 58 Can't Stop The Pop Leslie Odom 59 As Against Future Need Steve Coate 61 Vagaries Of Humanity Kevin Simpson 62 Light Eric Peters 64 Reflection Artwork/Photography Ravinderjit Singh 37 Husband's Perspective Laura Sparaco 39 Afternoon Shimmer Victoria Agudelo 40 Kathleen Christine Albert 43 The Giving Tiffanie M.Johnson 51 Untitled Brian Lee 54 Connection Linnea Barry 57 Your Country Needs You Kelly Norona 60 Paradise Christine Albert 63 Untitled VanKu,Volumetwenty-eight,number one,wasprintedby OrmontGraphics,MiamiSprings,FL. VanKuisdesigned,produced, editedcamera-readysolelybystudentsatBrowardCommunityCollege. AllcontributionsinthisissuearebystudentsatBCC. This magazineis fundedbytheStudentActivities Board. Theopinionsexpressed arethoseofourcontributorsand donotnecessarily represent those of the editors, faculty, staff, administrators or trustees of the college. Typed contributions with the name, social securitynumber,and telephonenumberarewelcomedfromallstudentsattendingBCC. Copyright 1997byBrowardCommunity College,225EastLasOlasBoulevard,FortLauderdale,Florida33301. Allcommunicationswiththeeditorsandallinquiriesconcerning this publication should be addressed to: EditorofVan Kit, BCC South Campus, 7200 Pines Boulevard, Pembroke Pines, Florida 33024. Telephone: (954)986-8044. Allcopyrightsrevertbacktotheoriginalartistsandauthorsafterpublication. W.O.N. Stephanie Sasso