Founded in the fall of 1991, Laurel Moon is Brandeis' oldest, national literary publication. Each issue we publish features original work from undergraduate students.
occasionally it is necessary
to walk with a pebble in your shoe
my morning informants are
rabble-rousers in boots
and granite on verruca
reminding me that we are consumers of smoke
like i spike my bronchiole with marijuana
to enlighten a cure for my millennial affliction
why incriminate my path to
lessen the blisters on my brain
and cheapen the therapy bills
by making my neurons tingle
from a light and a plant
buying bics late at night
a pebble in my shoe
and a greek fire in my hand
i don’t mind a piece of gaia along for the ride
it is the least i can do for her offerings to me
a little rock burn hurts nobody
Charlotte Lang is a graduating Senior at Brandeis University looking forward to the great unknown. Her favorite courses at Brandeis have been within the Creative Writing department. She may not have a job yet, but she has a cat.