Founded in the fall of 1991, Laurel Moon is Brandeis' oldest, national literary publication. Each issue we publish features original work from undergraduate students.
you’re just pretty, with your hair laced like you’re all that
the whites of your eyes, glistening pretty like that
but you’re pretty (disgusting), did you know?
(i’m pretty?)
(pretty pretty pretty pretty — hurts)
you are when you don’t talk, pretty girl
don’t tell me you want a pretty voice, too
you’re a pretty (sad-pathetic-lonely-wishful) one
thinking you can be all that
thinking you’re more than just a pretty (forgettable) face
in this house, you must at least act pretty
keep your hands neatly folded
don’t reply when scolded
(am i growing in or growing older)
shush, pretty girl.
you think you can just speak like that
act like that
think like that
oh, darling.
this home only knows silence
pretty silence.