riverrun Vol. 47
This is Volume 47 of the UCCS Student Literary and Arts Journal that was begun in 1971 by Dr. C. Kenneth Pellow. For the last 40 years, it has been published and circulated at the end of every spring semester showcasing fiction, poetry, nonfiction and visual art that has been created by UCCS students.
This is Volume 47 of the UCCS Student Literary and Arts Journal that was begun in 1971 by Dr. C. Kenneth Pellow. For the last 40 years, it has been published and circulated at the end of every spring semester showcasing fiction, poetry, nonfiction and visual art that has been created by UCCS students.
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Little Puritan girls in white
Singing in the columbine ring,
Weaving flower crowns of red
As temptations are laced together
By their hands.
Little Betty,
Little Abigail,
You who read fortunes
By candlelight in the dark night.
Little Puritan girls in white
Sitting in the dark while
The specters of the Devil
Whisper in your ears
And take your bodies in the night.
Little Betty,
Little Abigail,
This city so clean and pure
Is not for such ticksters as you.
Specters there may be
In your city on a hill
But shining it is not
For corruption is rampant
And protection is scarce for those clothed in white.
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