The End of Joesph K. by A.J.

The End of Joesph K.

The darkness shone the room of wood,
And in the spotlight, Joesph. K stood.
“Joesph K.” The Judge will say
“You are found guity of your crime.”
“But your honor” said K.
“It is not my door that you should knock.
“Take Leni, My Uncle, or even Block.”

“Block is too attractive.” The judge said in reply.
“But I like your effort, good try.”
“Your sentence is,” K listened with adrenaline.
“Fair and just, Death by penguin.”

They flew him past. Across the sea.
Before K. Could file his plea.
K could not believe his luck.
While in Antarctica, his feet were stuck.
And then he saw the black and white,
And knew this would be his last sight.

The penguins attacked, with deadly rage,
Some even flew, despite their age.
They slashed with their long penguin claws
And kicked with their sleek penguin paws.

And there K. Stood, dying in the snow,
Paying for a crime he didn’t know.

Joseph K. Poem by A.J.

Lycée Français de la Nouvelle Orléans 2020-21

Parody: The Bachelor

Beacon 2016-2017: English I students parody The Bachelor.

The Steppenwolf by E. Gryphon Beausoleil

The Steppenwolf

Lo • li • ta by C.R.

Standing next to you,
I feel like such a child.
Bambi without his mother I am
tripping over my own feet,
chasing fireflies in my backyard
and crying for attention.

In your eyes I see something 
I read in a book;
fairytales of princes and castles that
are far away from my crooked teeth 
and mary janes.
They are stories of love and kisses
and warm summer nights
and sweaty bedsheets
and the taste of red wine
and though I’ve vomited stale beer and
smoked crumbled cigarettes
you with your adult eyes
make me feel so
young.
I am tiny not
small and delicate like a lady, but
bruised and minute like a girl,
face blushed pink as I
dream of being tall,
sucking my thumb and
waiting to grow up and
watching you smile
at your own Lolita, who,
four feet ten in one sock
is so much taller than me.

Lo • li • ta
by C.R.