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the watermark volume xi Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2015 https://archive.org/details/watermarkvolume111univ watermark volume xi editorial staff co-editors Diane Costagliola Nancy Derby | poetryeditor Michele M. Lisio poetry readers Eric Carlson Jessica DelGizzi TrevorJockims | | BerniJohnson DavidJohnson DarrellJonathan Penta | | fiction editor Jason Campos fiction readers Frances MurphyAraujo Shane Cavanaugh Jacques Fleury | | John R.Guthrie Jean DanyJoachim RaySymonds | | nonfiction editor llhan Zeybekoglu nonfiction readers Nicholas Favorito Aaron Garfield Erica Mena | | Davis Pasquariello MichaelA.Szkolka | arteditor Dereck Mangus artjurors Bonnie Gerepka Justin FHughes Bobby Knoshnoud | | David Pereira Jenelle Pierce Dylan Seo | | layout& design Diane Costagliola Nancy Derby | TheWatermark is UMass Boston's student-run literaryand artsjournal. Annuallypro- duced and paidforbystudentfees,itservesasan outletforthehighestqualitywriting and visual artofUMass Boston's undergraduate and graduate student body Submis- sionsareselected bystaffmembersviaademocraticandanonymousprocesswiththe overall goal ofoffenng students an opportunityto be published. Interested students can contactTheWatermarkbycalling617.287.7960oremailingwatermark@umb.edu. editors' note As editors, we have worked hard with talented and motivated students and facultyto establishthis publication as a homeforaspiringartists and writers. We hoped to build a stronger campus community, and in the pastthree yearsthatwe've been a part ofthisjournal,oursupport base has spread. Wewould liketotakethis opportunityto expressgratitudetothose who have been thereforus alongthe way As always,we are indebted tothe following individuals and groups fortheircontinuoussupportthroughoutourcareer;ouradvisor,Donna Neal; Professors Robert Crossley Tom O'Grady and Askold Melnyczuk of the English Department and CreativeWriting Program; Bob Fata and Professor NancyStieberoftheArt Department;TheMassMedia;andthe StudentSen- ate. We would like to thank those who have shown support ofthis edition: Professors John Fulton, Joyce Peseroff, and Lloyd Schwartz of the CreativeWriting Program;Vice ChancellorforStudentAffairs Keith Motley J. and ChancellorJoAnn Cora; ProfessorAdam Beresford and the Philosophy Department;BonnieGerepkaand ProfessorsWilfredoChiesaand LizMarran oftheArt Department;PeggyTippitofComputingServices;Caleb Stone and KoryVergets ofTheMassMedia; Fritz Hyppolite and Rubin Urmeneta ofthe Student Senate;Caroline Coscia and the Graduate StudentAssembly;Sanjay Patel ofWit's End;and everyonewho submitted this year,and inthe past. Spe—cialthanksto David Pereiraforallowingustouse"OtisWarhol" forthe cover ^the complete piece can be found on page 37. I One ofthe great privileges ofourjob has been co-hosting events with the CreativeWriting Program. We have had the opportunity to meet Robert Pinsky Adrienne Rich, Kevin Bowen, and Donald Hall. There is no greater pleasure than the experience ofhearingthem read theirwork. The autographed copies oftheir books lining our bookshelves, as well as the in- timate settings we shared with them,will be lasting reminders ofourdays at UMass Boston. To our staff: you have made The Watermarl< a family Whether as co-workers,classmates,roommates,orfriends,you have sculpted ourexperi- enceon campus. Wewould liketothankoureditorsfortheirthanklesswork: Michele, llhan,Jaso—n,and Dereck. Manytold us that last year's edition would be difficulttotop we hopewe provedthemwrong. We believeVolumeXI to be a propergood-bye andtestamenttothe workyou have given us. Diane Costagliola& Nancy Derby March,2004 29 5 contents poetry Marilyn Bentov Castle Island | | I I Highway 21 | Jen-Ai Casal PartingWays in Santa Rosa 17 | | Jessica DelGizzi Ruggles Street | | 1 Brianne Keith Compass | | 1 George Kovach Lear | | 1 OldHaNoi 20 I Darrell Penta Inthe Kitchen ofAngels and Fruit 13 | | fiction Eric Brown Gringo Stop 25 | | John Cento Cavatina 32 | | Joanne R. Elder Pam 54 | | MarkGoldberger a bluesforcat 79 | | John R.Guthrie The LuckoftheThree-Legged Dog 48 | | Nathan Moore You Gotta Have Faith 83 | | Evan Sicuranza A Man ofPleasure 64 | | nonaction George Boley Kant's Moral Philosophy Rests on His Metaphysics 107 | | Nathan Moore ProfessionalWrestling as a Social Barometer 101 | | MaureenWorth ProgressThrough Scientific Revolutions? 93 | | llhan Zeybekoglu | How Useful isAristotle'sAccount ofthe Soul? | III art Catherine D.Anderson Decroative Kale # 157 | I | Michael Bodge OMFG!! 152 | | VitorCardoso Untitled 142 | | Jonathan BancroftColon Southbound by42 Hours 38 | | I What HappenedtoThatThought 138 I Ron DiBona Greenest 158 | | Rope 159 I Unwelcome 159 | Stephanie Rosalie Eaton Globuless 156 | | Annemarie Fallon from Faces ofExpectancy 145 | | MarkGoldberger Allison Eats Ice Cream 25 | | 1 1899 125 I Ying Gong Fabrics 50 | | 1 Fashion 150 | Arthur Gorham Tree # & #2 127 J. | I | Melissa Hardiman Lost Shipyard 153 | | Justin Hughes Portrait oftheArtist as a Celebrity 40 | | 1 Shannon Kehoe Self-Portrait 146 | | Mairim Kilmister | The Body I & II | 147 Dereck Mangus from Critical Mass:A Bicycle Revolution 135 | | Shaun Maclean Marrow Untitled 32 | | I Tara McCauley Look 36 | | I Untitled 136 I Janet McCourt High Noon atthe Rockies 129 | | Bridgette Melvin | It's Not Christmas | 131 Terry 130 | Shunsuke Mizumoto An Existence 143 | | Steve Osemwenkhae Spin Move 149 | | Superman 149 | Bhavini Patel Bike 33 | | 1 David Pereira OtisWarhol 137 | | Zoe Perry Girl on Horse 44 | | 1 Mother& Son Dancing 144 I Jenelle Pierce Blue: DKNY 134 | | Rachael Porter Leisure 151 | | Bored Housewife 151 | Alicia Posell-Wilson Flower 154 | | Old Mexico 155 I LiaRousset Lost 141 | | Dylan Seo EiffelTower 128 | | M.Karamu Sillah Loosen Up 139 | | KoryVergets Fleshstone 148 | | Bikes 148 I Jacqueline M.Waller Cities 126 | |