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Falling From Sanity ^.1 the review prairie light Fall 2012 XXXV vol. no. 1 cover art: Ian Murray DuPage College of . Editorial Staff Editor-in-Chief Advisor Adam Chalifoux Linda Elaine Production Editor Assistant Editors Rachel Brim Stephen Anderson Claire Katsion Marketing Editor Michele Piver Allison Anderson Carol Sirovy Letter from the Editor Adam Chalifoux My first semester as editor-in-chief of the College of DuPage’s Prairie Light Review has been a journey through art and literature that wdl stay in my memory for the rest of my life. It has been my pleasure to read through some bril- liant literature this past semester as weU as view some incredibly original art and photography. I would like to thank the artists for submitting and would like to encourage them to submit to future issues. This magazine would not have turned out at the level of excellence it has without the diligent efforts of my fellow editors and advisor. Together, we not only analyzed literature, but grew as human beings through literary analysis and learned about each other and ourselves along the way. This is where you come in as the reader. As you travel through these pages, I would like to encourage you to open your heart and mind. The poems in this magazine are more than words on a page but a beautiful piece of each artist’s soul displayed in six by nine format. Enjoy. . u The Prairie Light Review Table of Contents Timothy M. Lusk, Jim Morrison’s Grave Phil Banion, Resilience Abdul Malik, True Lies Brodie Sturm, Matthleson State Park Allison Anderson, Blue Alison Bestler, Unspoken Words Josh Kunowski, Sanctuary Guillem Sanchez, Forgotten Shannon Scheitlin, Waiting... Me Raul Romero, The Acceptance of Mike Gebhardt, On the Road to ... Jason Florin, Instructions on How to Make Tea Ben Whisenhunt, Flower Claire Katsion, [an ode to] “Princess” Adam My Chalifoux, Freckled Destination Allison Anderson, The Locket Christine Cianciosi, Silent Stillness Aline Fetter, Mystique Waters Caroline Johnson, Blue Sky Brandi Criss, Arrival Allison Anderson, Personals The Prairie Light Review Womb Kristina Kroger, 20 Christine Cianciosi, Seeing Voiees 21 Phil Banion, Gargoyles 22 Ben Whisenhunt, Morning Moseow 23 in Abdul Malik, Rendition 24 Kristina Kroger, Wrote This on the Back 25 I of a Parking Ticket Troy Greene, Jewel 25 Cindy Crosby, Hedonism 26 William Marr, Animal Worlds 27 Aline Fetter, Love Birds 28 Jamie Koala, Skinwalker 29 Bryan Grovak, Unknown 30 Andy Koulouris, AshTray 3 1 Jamie Koala, Chief Skull 32 Andy Koulouris, High School Series One 33 Linda Elaine, Rain Forest 34 Kathy Kamal, Gothic Back View 35 Jangyul Park, Untitled 36 Ben Hansburger, Untitled 37 Pip Triggs, Skyscrapers 38 Augustine Tyson-Dunne, Stealth Fishing 39 IV The Prairie Light Review Ian Murray, Grunge City 2 40 Aline Fetter, Fly Away 41 Ian Murray, Small 42 William Pierre Ramsey, I Wanted Him to Kiss Me 43 Christine Cianciosi, Silent Stillness 43 Adam Chalifoux, Sasquatch Dreams 44 MoniKea Hatten, Pearls and Diamonds 46 Caroline Johnson, Losing Control 47 Abdul Malik, Novel Refuge 48 Christine Cianciosi, Attieus Abbey 49 Mike Gebhardt, A Train Calls for Me 50 Madeleine Roskuszka, Train 5 1 Mike Gebhardt, Troubadour’s Diseourse 52 Colleen Fessler, What’s Left Is What’s Ahead 53 Caroline Johnson, Swimming Upstream 54 Jason Snart, Pile of Bodies 56 Theresa Goba, Edvard Munch’s The Scream 57 Brodie Sturm, Pekin High School Series 2 57 Phil Banion, Spectress 58 My Julie Birkey, Big Blue House 60 Madeleine Roskuszka, City Streets 62 Allison Anderson, Alpha (Sigma Delta) Males 63 The Prairie Light Review v William Marr, To Argue with Sparrows 63 Mike Gebhardt, The Demise of the Alphabet Soup Kids 64 Amelia Bryniarski, Tiger 65 Adam Chalifoux, Snow Pants 66 Theresa Goba, Frosty Sunshine 66 Allison Bunker, Into the Wilderness 67 Emily Cavanaugh, Your Eyes 68 Abdul Malik, Evil Intent 69 Claire Katsion, One More Day 70 James Hill, October’s Rain 71 Theresa Goba, Airport Anguish 72 Thanks to the College of DuPage faculty and staff whose support for this journal is invaluable. Special thanks to Chuck Steele, Shannon Hernandez, the COD Office of Student Life, Jackie McGrath, and Liz Whiteacre for unselfishly sharing their deep knowledge about producing this journal. Thanks to the student editors and staff of Prairie Light Review, whose unfailing professionalism, dedica- tion, creative ideas, and enthusiasm make this an award-winning journal. Thanks to Tom Montgomery-Fate, the COD Creative Writing Committee, and the Writers COD Read series for their support and encouragement. Thanks to the Library; Facilities Operations; the Liberal Arts Division, including Daniel Lloyd, Bev Reed, and Rita Puishes; and the Administradon, including Jean Kartje, Joe Collins, and Robert Breuder. VI The Prairie Light Review . Jim Morrison^s Grave Timothy M. Lusk Copyright 2012 by Timothy M. Tusk An excerpt from the album. . Train Station in Seville Clocks turn slowly as I’m waiting for My lover to arrive Half-a-world away She is waiting For me to finally come around Come my to senses Come inside She assured me that there is Plenty of room for all my fears To be placed in plastic boxes Midnight train in Florence Paris by morning at the grave Of Father Absinthe wash down it Never settled, painted pictures Scrape the cobble Lovers on the telephone me She’s assured that there’s Plenty of gloom and room for me In tapestries Dreams dead at the grave Of Jim Morrison You may lay the wreath Beware the thorn of crowns The Prairie Light Review 1 Resilience Phil Banion Sing along to the song of the man who's been damned by his morals, goddamn quarrels bastard of ambivalence, questing for equivalence, resilience; his tool for the poor fool is deft wdth naught left but his will to regain himself before his shame seeking satisfaction through action but lacking cunning so his goals always running from his reach while others preach but thev're just as lost, for the cost of their loss; also elusive Reclusive he stays in his cave for days, rib cage aged from the lack of a beat that his heart liked to keep empw, putting his dreams on a screen to seem prevalent though still irrelevant, keeping no form just torn fragmentations, worn exaggerations which he followed as a kid, well he did, now he's responsible, his dreams now impossible paying tuition? delaying ambition, his mission to succeed will indeed be tough, rough and tumble humble in his quest for his path to be mastered w'hile the rest stay plastered Faster he runs to not be outdone by one named apathy passivelv draining his brain, a no-humor tumor maliciously malignant, dangerously indignant resuming consuming motivation promoting degradation, deflating elevation 2 The Prairie Light Review