The Hedonist

“Oh !, let us not trouble ourselves with thinking of the ill that may happen to us ; let us think only of what may give us pleasure.”

Don Juan, the man, the hedonist

surrounds himself with utter bliss

but with this bliss he does much wrong

to maidens’ hearts; he breaks their song

 

For marriage is but wedded lock

for which the key hides in the smock

of other maids Don Juan persists

he snares them with his love palm kiss

 

Sganarelle, such the loyal serf

warns the master of his great nerve

Yet Don Juan insists on his quest

to love not one but in excess

 

His lustful heart brings many foes

all of which crave to slit his throat

Through twist of fate the master Juan

Saves an enemy from deathly harm

And earns one life so in return

Yet from this Don Juan does not learn

 

The statue speaks and nods its head

Sganarelle applauds the dead

The serf speaks true, Don Juan must see

The wrongs he did in ecstasy

Or face the fate of wicked flames

swallowed by an earthly grave

-Megan P. Low

Camera Lost-ida

I don’t know how many of you guys saw me with my disposable camera since the beginning of the semester taking pictures whenever something caught my eye. Essentially, this camera was the documentation of my first two months of college. Unfortunately, on a recent trip, I brought my camera with me to Block Island, RI…where it remains. I took a few pictures there, and as I was packing, I left the camera, and the undeveloped photographs on it, behind. Therefore, unfortunately, I am left with the photos I had to scramble to put together at the last minute. I want to apologize for tomorrow, because I don’t think my photographs will be as great as I originally intended, but I still hope you guys find them interesting.

-Chris DiBari