Aurora Magazine 2011

Poetry Stinks Lauren Sutton, Campus 2013 Poetry is like dumpster diving. Some people enjoy it. Others detest it. You dig through a mess of words seeing which ones are treasures and which ones are garbage. Sometimes you have to dig really deep before you find anything worthwhile and beautiful.

But most of the time you come up empty handed and stinking.

The Fox In Socks Hannah McGrayel, Campus 2012

The Fox in socks ordered a scotch on the rocks. How does a Fox in socks order a scotch on the rocks? He stands on a box and says, “I’ll have a scotch on the rocks —hard day at the docks.” “You must watch the clocks. I was about to lock up the locks,” said the guy, as big as an ox, wiping tables and bottles of scotch. “Just as well,” said the Fox “I’m really in detox,” and he walked off in his socks.

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