By Jaelyn Trew, Darbie deFreese, Benjamin Popple, Summer Florell, Hali Knott, Adrianna Seberger, Lydia Sikes, Aspyn Chapin, Alizabeth McDermott, Amelia Hunter, Maxine Fickenscher, Anika Scheele
The sea,
A home to many,
Can be a dangerous place.
Roses held in mechanical hands
With will, their world may grow again
A fencer, a giant, a master of the mind;
And two lovers longing again to be intertwined.
To find herself
She wishes to know her father
A train, a lie, a delicious side
Through years of story it was perfectly fried
family and strangers are what’s left of the world
in spite of an innocent yearning for Friends
She is beauty, a rose in a field of wheat
Yet, as the seasons change, she will be the first to wither
A princess, a damsel, sacrificed to a dragon, by her betrothed prince, only to settle an ancient debt.
For him to later find, she herself, was much deadlier, than the creature could ever be.
Breathing in early summer days he’ll do anything not to miss it
As time drives by leaving his memories in its tire marks indifferent.
I have the perfect playlist for every mission.
It keeps the ringing at a low.
I’m the getaway driver. They call me Baby.
B-A-B-Y, Baby.
You underestimate the power of my tears
As brothers become enemies and love dies
We didn’t think we would be spending
our Saturday in detention.
Notes:
Stanton, Andrew, director. Finding Dory, Walt Disney Pictures, 2016.
Stanton, Andrew, director. Wall-E. Walt Disney Pictures, 2008.
Goldman, William, director. The Princess Bride. Orlando, Harcourt, 2007.
Lloyd, Phyllida, director. Mamma Mia. Universal Studios, 2008.
Avnet, Jon, director. Fried Green Tomatoes. Universal Pictures, 1991.
Esmail, Sam, director. Leave the world behind. Ecco Publishing, 2023.
Trousdale, Gary, and Kirk Wise, directors. Beauty and the Beast. Walt Disney Feature Animation, 1991.
Fresnadillo, Juan Carlos, director. Damsel. Troubadour Meridian Water Studios, 2024.
Hughes, John, Director. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, 1986.
Wright, Edgar, director. Baby Driver. Sony Pictures, 2017
Lucas, George, director. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith. Twentieth Century Fox, 2005.
Hughes, John, director. The Breakfast Club. Universal Pictures, 1985.