ALLY

Ally (SC '23) is an English/Creative Writing major at Scripps that enjoys words, word-related things, and thing-related words.

Red-Eye

​Today, I think I will become a runaway train.
My departure: early Tuesday (long before you wake).
A bleary-footed conductor will scarce miss the tracks,
lurching the distance, escaping, from my stubborn dispatch.

The Inhabitants; The Players

​The feathered thing wakes from its post in the rafters,
and glibs slick down the walls to my feet.
It lurches on beside me in silent laughter as I make my rounds,
walk the halls, check the locks, off with the switches, shut the blinds,
Me and the lights, we are heaving together in time – like a family.