Founded in the fall of 1991, Laurel Moon is Brandeis' oldest, national literary publication. Each issue we publish features original work from undergraduate students.
I’m scared
of the spaghetti
who sits at the table
and wonders what life
would be like in an office
decorated with penne girls
and lasagna boys and tortellini others as one of the tortellini
others hands over manila folders with sales
reports spattered in tomato sauce.
I’m scared
of the spaghetti
who monopolizes
Pass the salt?
Joseph Potter is a senior at Elms College in Chicopee, Massachusetts. He carries his voice that lingers along with a boom mike and tries to capture the thousand other voices of repeated movies, songs, and references—being comfortably confused is the goal.